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What method is used to obtain the mineral deposit located just below the surface of the ground?
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∙ 7y ago
It's called 'open cast' mining. Usually bulldozers are used to remove the topsoil, so that the diggers can get at the product to be mined. Once the supply is used up, the topsoil is normally replaced, removing all trace that mining took place.
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What is a mass of some mineral in rock or in the ground?
deposit
What is the mineral deposit that is large and pure enough to be mined?
For a mineral deposit to be large enough to mine, it must be able to produce enough of whatever is being mined to offset, with a profit, the cost of extracting, transporting, crushing, processing, and finally refining. A deposit does not have to be large to be economically feasible. A single yard of material in an outcrop of rock that will yield 1/2 oz or more of Gold is well worth busting out of the ground, If you have knowledge of how to process it, or know of some smelter operation, or refiner that will buy it, or process it for a percentage of the gold recovered.
Groundwater and surface water?
i think that when the water reaches the surface, it dissolves into the ground which is called infiltration (the movement of water through soil) which then flows down from the tiny spaces in the bedrock and then it forms into a ground water, which is then released into and ocean or a lake.
What is the water that seeps through rocks and soil called?
ground water Groundwater is located beneath the soil surface. A sustainable amount of ground water creates an aquifer. The point at which the soil and rocks become completely saturated is the water table. Groundwater will flow to the surface naturally. The study of groundwater is hydrogeology.
When does ground water become surface water?
When the ground water flow out of the earth surface as a form of spring.
What is a mass of some mineral in rock or in the ground?
deposit
What is mineral deposit?
Usually a precipitation of the mineral dissolved from its host rock by circulating hydrothermal or ground-water.
Where is the earth's surface located?
Earth's surface is located in the troposphere. You will find it at ground level.
What is a natural resources in Hawaii?
Hawaii has no mineral deposit natural resources. Its natural resources include climate, soil, vegetation, and ground water as well as products from the ocean.
How minerals mined?
Depends on what the mineral is, and where it is located. Some are mined by conventional surface mining with power shovels, some are mined in underground mines, and some are mined by drilling a shaft, and pumping a solvent (maybe water) into the ground- the mineral is dissolved in the solvent, and pumped back up again. It is then extracted from the solvent.
What makes gold a mineral?
Technically Gold isn't a mineral, it's an element, but I see why you ask that question. Gold does come from the ground which makes it a mineral, but it's hard surface is what makes it an element.Gold Symbol on periodic table: Au.
How do you care for a desert rose?
A "Desert Rose" is not a living organism, it is a formation of gypsum crystals that form in desert regions where there are mineral(salt) rich ground waters evaporating near the ground surface.
What layer of the atmosphere is most of the ozone located?
stratosphere 0 to 10km above ground surface
How does the amount of fresh water located on the surface compare to the amount of ground water?
The same percent
What is the meaning of salinisation?
The accumulation of soluble mineral salts near the surface of soil, usually caused by the capillary flow of water from saline ground water.
What does the word ground water mean?
ground water means water that is in a ground
What is a mass of minerals in rock or in the ground?
deposit
