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An ore is a portion of a mineral deposit that can be economically extracted at the present time. A mineral deposit is a concentration of naturally occurring material that is potentially economic to extract.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoMinerals and groups of minerals can be classified as an ore when they contain a sufficient amount of desired material, most times metals, to be extracted and processed feasibly.
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∙ 15y agoIt is considered ore if the material can be removed (mined) economically.
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∙ 13y agoMineral ores are natural rocks that contain the desired mineral to be extracted.
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∙ 11y agoBy it yielding a metal when suitable processed.
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What is a long narrow deposits of a mineral in rock?
That would be referred to as a vein, or if a valuable mineral, an ore vein.
What is the ore of mica?
The mineral mica occurs in large deposits in many metamorphic rocks.
What mineral group does bornite belong to?
Bornite is a sulfide mineral, it is an important copper ore mineral and occurs widely in porphyry copper deposits along with the more common chalcopyrite.
Minerals deposits left behind that fill in the open spaces created by weakness and rock formation called?
Veins generally. In mining: veins, lodes or ore-bodies. They are normally precipitates of metallic compounds.
Igneous intrusions often are associated with valuable what?
Ore deposits
What has the author Steven H Pilcher written?
Steven H. Pilcher has written: 'Unimak quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Simeonof Island quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Gareloi Island quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Umnak quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Umnak quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Ugashik quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Rat Islands quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Rat Islands quadrangle' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits
A mineral is classified as an ore as long as what?
A mineral is generally classified as an ore, if its locallized concentration far exceeds its crustal abundance.
When is a mineral no longer classified as an ore?
If the cost of removing the waste material that surrounds the ore becomes higher than the value of the ore itself, then the mineral will no longer be classified as an ore.
A mineral is classified as an ore as long as?
It is considered an ore as long as the locallized concentration of the mineral exceeds its crustal abondance.
What has the author John Drew Ridge written?
John Drew Ridge has written: 'Annotated bibliographies of mineral deposits in the Western Hemisphere' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Ore deposits 'Selected bibliographies of hydrothermal and magnetic mineral deposits' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Mines and mineral resources 'Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Europe' -- subject(s): Bibliography of bibliographies, Ore deposits
A mineral is no longer classified as an ore once it no longer what?
valuable!
What has the author Arthur Lakes written?
Arthur Lakes has written: 'Geology of western ore deposits' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits
What is a long narrow deposits of a mineral in rock?
That would be referred to as a vein, or if a valuable mineral, an ore vein.
What is the ore of mica?
The mineral mica occurs in large deposits in many metamorphic rocks.
What is it called when a mineral deposits large enough and pure enough to be mined called?
Ore
What are mineral's sources?
2. To identify the changing patterns of the ore deposits of the early Earth.
When is a mineral classified an ore?
If it contains enough of a useful substance that it can be sold for a profit.:)
