Day 3 Finals Flashcards
These are zones of increased content of chemical elements in natural formations associated with deposits of useful minerals.
Halos of dispersion
This halo of dispersion arise in the surrounding rock simultaneously with the formation of the mineral body
Primary halo
It is a sampling method where a specimen is picked up from a portion of mineralized outcrop/ore body.
Grab sampling
True or False. Grab sampling is not a true sampling method.
True
This type of sampling is done perpendicular to the vein, with chipped or not intact samples gathered.
Trench Sampling
Sampling method with highest efficiency due to ease of gathering samples.
Chip or Point Sampling
This sampling method is more systematic and commonly done in laterite mines.
Face Sampling
Difference between Face Sampling and Trench Sampling.
Face Sampling uses specific tools to cut, unlike in Trench
What sampling pattern involves acquisition of samples that are equally spaced apart, both vertically and horizontally.
Regular (sampling pattern)
Enumerate the common sampling patterns.
REGULAR - equal both vertically and horizontally;
STAGGERED - window window;
EQUIDISTANT - window window pero equal distance (forms equilibrium triangles)
It is considered the most reliable method for
accurately determining the content of gold, silver,
and platinum-group metals (except osmium and
ruthenium) in ores or concentrates. This process
involves melting a gold-bearing sample in a clay
crucible/cupel at >1000 °C with a mixture of fluxes
(such as silica and borax), lead oxide (called
litharge), and a reducing agent (frequently flour).
Fire Assay
This method subjects the sample to very high temperatures to separate the elements from the concentrate.
Pyrometallurgy
This method involves mixing of flour with borax to produce litharge on the sample.
Fire Assay
What is the Frasch Process?
It is a method for extracting sulfur from underground deposits.
What is AAS?
It is a part of Fire Assay, specifically in the geochemical analysis.
What process refers to the dissolution of silver in a dore during boiling in nitric acid?
Parting
What is Annealing?
Annealing is a heat treatment process used mostly to increase the ductility and reduce the hardness of a material (gikan sa google kay wla naexplain kaayo ni sir sa lesson)
What process separates gold and silver from others by melting the other components?
Cupellation
The process referring to the dissolution through acid reactions.
Chemical digestion
Cyprus, Kuroko, and Besshi-type VMS
deposits can be found in what areas in the
Philippines, respectively?
Barlo - Bagacay - Rapurapu
What is the strongest acid?
Fluoroantimonic Acid (HSbF6)
Who was the infamous Filipino
geologist who salted crushed core
samples with gold shavings in Busang,
East Kalimantan, Indonesia in 1997?
Michael De Guzman