Physical geography

Question 1

What is an ore

Answer 1

Ore is a mineral aggregate or rock that can be mined, out of economic interest to extract metals.

Question 2

What are critical minerals

Answer 2

Minerals that are considered to have a role in a countries strategically important economic sectors. Countries assess a supply risk of each critical mineral.

Question 3

How does the mine cycle go

Answer 3

Exploration, Evaluation, Construction and early production, Commercial production, closure

Question 4

What is an ore deposit

Answer 4

A non concentration of minerals in an aggregate rock

Question 5

What is gauge

Answer 5

Minerals in the ore deposit with no economic value
(Silicates)

Question 6

what is byproduct

Answer 6

Subsidiary material worked from ore deposits in which other minerals are dominant

Question 7

Whats tailing

Answer 7

Ore is processed at the mine site to almost ready to sell quality. The gauge (waste) is discarded in the vicinity of a plant and I called tailing

Question 8

Whats ore grade

Answer 8

How much metal is concentrated in the ore

Question 9

What is the equation for ore grade

Answer 9

Mass of extractable metal/ mass of rock or mineral mutinied by 100

Question 10

Whats enrichment factor

Answer 10

Elem conc/ elem abundance in c.c

Question 11

what is mineral resource

Answer 11

Minerals that are or may be extracted in the future due to their inherent properties.

Question 12

What are minerals reserves

Answer 12

part if a mineral resource that has been, which has been full evaluated and is deemed commercially viable to work

Question 13

Whats a compatible element

Answer 13

Is more readily accommodated in one or more mineral than in melt. Stays in solid phases longest during melting

Question 14

Whats an incompatible element

Answer 14

Resides mainly in the melt phase and is excluded from the mineral. First element that goes into melt during melting