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Resource
naturally occurring solids, liquids or gases known or
thought to exist in or on the Earth’s crust in
concentrations which make extraction economically
feasible either at present or sometime in the future.
Reserve
a subset of a geologic resource; that portion of an
identified resource which can be extracted
economically using current technology.
MINERAL RESOURCES
High-Temperature Reactions
Form rocks which are called Ores.
Anore contains economic concentrations of
metallic minerals
Hydrothermaland magmatic processes are some of
the common types of this reaction
MINERAL RESOURCES
Hydrothermal Process
Mineral
deposits are near the top of
magma chambers
Generates ores from hydrothermal
solutions
Magma and water are the key
ingredients
MINERAL RESOURCES
Magmatic Process
Mineral deposits are at the
lower portion of magma
chambers via crystal
settling
Formsrocks called
pegmatites
MINERAL RESOURCES
Low-Temperature Reactions
Mineral deposits comes from sedimentary
rocks
Minerals can come from sedimentary rocks
with residual mineral deposits
Residual mineral deposits are formed
most rapidly in areas with rapid
weathering rates
MINERAL RESOURCES
Weathering
the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals
through contact with the Earth's atmosphere,
waters, and biological organism.
MINERAL RESOURCES
Physical Rearrangement
Placer deposits
naturalconcentration of heavy minerals caused
by the effect of gravity on moving particles.
Foundin present-day streams or in ancient
stream deposits preserved in rocks.