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- Common clay: 9,111,988
- Marble: 4,431,447
- Gypsum: 3,559,579
- Calcite: 3,183,209
- Quartz: 2,607,650
- Dolomite: 1,499,744
- Nitrogen compounds (i.e. ammonia): 824,373
- Sulfate: 660,000
- Aluminum: 600,000
- Bentonite: 590,998
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What is the main resource that comes from the Atacama Desert?
Nitrates for fertilizer used to be the major resource mined in the desert. Today copper is mined and the major resource of the area.
What is the main resource in the Atacama Desert?
Copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama Desert.
Why is iron ore mined?
it's a useful resource
What is a natural resource that is mined for profit is called?
ore
What is a natural resource that is mined for profit called?
ore
What mineral was mined in Taxco Mexico?
Silver, which is still mined, but on smaller quantities.
How does Mexico produce silver?
Most of Mexico's silver is mined with modern equipment, including dragline excavators, mechanical screeners and roller mills.
What did Europeans do with the gold and silver that was mined from Mexico and Peru?
They bought and traded with Asia using the silver and gold mined in Mexico and peru.
Is gypsum a renewable resource?
No, gypsum is not a renewable resource. What is in the ground and what we've already mined is all there is.
What is Mexico's most valuable natural resource and where is it found?
In terms of volume and revenue, oil would be the most valuable resource. It is found along the lowlands and shallow waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico.
What is the most abundant resource on the Gulf of Mexico?
Oil and natural gas.
What natural resource is mined in south Africa and botswana?
The answer is platinum
