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APSC 151 final Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2024/2025
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Ore - Rock containing metallic mineral that can be mined at a profit



Natural aggregate - Crushed stone, sand, and gravel



Kimberlite event - Diamonds reach the surface without breaking down



Mineral resource - Elements, compounds, minerals, and rocks concentrated in a form that can be
extracted to obtain a usable commodity



Ore reserve - Confirmed portion of a resource that can be extracted at a profit



Black smoker - Deep hole in oceanic crust. Water seeps down, is heated, dissolves elements, elements
precipitate when they hit the cold seawater



Hydrothermal deposit - Deposit associated with igneous activity



Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit - Pod-shaped bodies composed of interlocking sulfide minerals
(type of hydrothermal deposit)



Vein deposit - Hydrothermal fluids move along fractures and cool, causing the precipitation of metallic
ions (type of hydrothermal deposit)



Disseminated deposit - Precipitation distributed throughout ore body (type of hydrothermal deposit)



Magmatic deposit - Accumulation of metals associated with magma



Gravitational settling - During magmatic deposition, heavy minerals crystallize early and concentrate at
the bottom of the magma chamber

, Copper porphyry deposit - Cyclical magmatic intrusion with alteration by volcanic waters



Volcanic deposit - Magma rises to create different ore types depending on pressure, temperature, and
volatiles



Kimberlite eruption - Violent eruption that brings diamonds from the upper mantle to the surface (type
of volcanic deposit)



Epithermal deposit - Near-surface deposits precipitated from hot volcanic waters (type of volcanic
deposit)



Astrobleme - An eroded remnant of a large crater made by the impact of a meteorite or comet (ex.
Sudbury: massive asteroid impact formed lake)



Shatter cone - Small, cone-shaped fractures formed by the shock of a meteorite impact. Fractures point
towards the site of the impact



Placer deposit - Deposit that accumulates in loose form due to sedimentation. Eroded from a primary
source, concentrated and redeposited elsewhere.



Mining - Extracting essential natural resources locked in crustal rock



Overburden - Material above ore body



Waste rock - Barren part of ore body



Tailings - Silt-sized waste from grinding



Slag - Waste from smelting

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