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An ore is a rock that bears minerals containing valuable elements. Most rock can be considered to be an ore although the classification is usually reserved for rock that has sufficient concentrations of elements to make it worth mining and separating.
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∙ 9y agoRocks must contain valuable elements in order to be considered ores. These elements are often metals that are mined from the rock.
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∙ 11y agoA rock is an ore if it contains a metallic compound, usually a compound containing a metal and oxygen, called a metal oxide.
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How is petroleum different from gold ore?
Petroleum is an oil. Gold ore is a golden ore rock, of sorts.Hope it is better than, "because it is."
What types of ore that contains iron?
An ore is a rock that contains minerals that are useful. For an ore to be considered an ore reserve, it must be economically viable (the value of the extracted mineral must exceed the cost of extraction and processing) and must be technically and legally possible to extract.
Is aluminum an ore explain?
yes an aluminium is an ore, it it found in a rock and can be extracted very easily
How do you determine the gold content of an ore rock?
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Is coal an ore?
== An ore would be a rock formation rich enough in particular minerals to be economically excavated and extracted for those particular minerals or elements. The extraction of minerals is not the predominant purpose of coal excavation. The main use of coal is for generation of power through burning. Rather than an ore it is considered a fuel.
What is a rock that contains a metal or economically useful?
The rock would be considered an ore.
A what is a rock that contains a metal or economically useful mineral?
The rock would be considered an ore.
Is country rock referring to rock that surrounds an ore deposit?
Yes! It is rock that is not ore, but surrounds the ore.
What are a few minerals considered to be ores?
Minerals are minerals. An ore is a rock matrix that has a rather large amount of a certain mineral in it, hence "Iron ore", Silver ore", etc.
Is a diamond an ore?
No. An ore is generally considered to be a body of rock from which a sufficiently profitable amount of metal can be obtained after chemical or mechanical separation of its constituents.
In order for a rock to be consider and ore it must?
Ore is rock from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted. Iron ore, copper ore are two examples.
How do you mine for ore?
Retrieve a pickaxe and press on a rock. You will commence mining if there is ore in the rock.
Is slate an ore?
Slate is not an ore; it is a metamorphic rock.
How do you spell ore from a rock?
Ore is the correct spelling.
What is a mining of ore?
the mining of ore is when you get ore from a rock you mine anywhere in runescape.
What type of rock is copper ore?
a copper ore is ither a metamorphic, sedimentary or igneious rock
What is a rock that contains a mineral?
Many rocks contain minerals that contain metallic elements. Rocks that contain metallic elements that can be economically refined into quantities of useful metals are called metallic ores. Bauxite, for instance, is the common rock ore which is refined to produce the metal aluminum.
