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what are the economically important metals?
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aluminum 8%
iron 5.8 % copper .0058% gold |
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What kind of plate boundaries do Copper, Molybdenum, mercury and gold deposits come from ?
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convergent plate boudaries.
- this explains th e coincidence between ore deposits and mountains. |
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What are the types of Ore Deposits?
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- Igneous
- Hydrothermal - sedimentary - weathering |
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what are igneous ore deposits ?
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this is when the cooling of hot magma settles at the bottom of magma chambers.
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where do you extract diamonds from?
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kimberlite pipe
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what is a secondary enrichment?
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this is when there is an alluminum ore deposit beneath the water table. then when it rains the allunimum seeps out.
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What is a RESOURCE?
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The entire amount of material known to exist
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What is a RESERVE?
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mineral deposits that can be economically recovered ( mined with existing technologies.
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