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Chapter 18b
(c) The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Mineral Resources
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Types of ResourcesTypes of Resources• Geological Resources• Energy Resources• Metals• Nonmetallic Resources• All are nonrenewable resources
– Ground water an exception
• Resources vs. Reserves
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Types of Geologic ResourcesTypes of Geologic Resources• Geologic resources can be grouped into
three major categories:– Energy resources - petroleum (oil and
natural gas), coal, uranium, geothermal resources
– Metals - iron, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, gold, silver, platinum, etc.
– Non-metallic resources - sand and gravel, limestone, building stone, salt, sulfur, gems, gypsum, phosphates, etc.
• Groundwater is included in this category
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Metals & OresMetals & Ores
• Ore = a mineral or aggregate of minerals which can be mined (extracted and processed) at a profit
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Resources and ReservesResources and Reserves• Resources - the total amount
of a valuable geologic material in all deposits, discovered and undiscovered
• Reserves - discovered deposits of geologic resources that can be extracted economically and legallyunder present conditions– The short-term supply of a
geologic materials
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18.09.b
Determining Whether Rock Is Determining Whether Rock Is OreOre
Grade of oreGrade of ore
Size and depth of depositSize and depth of deposit Location of depositLocation of deposit
Type of oreType of ore
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Geologic Resources and Geologic Resources and Earth’s SystemsEarth’s Systems
• Geologic resources are valuable materials of geologic origin that can be extracted from the Earth– Many geologic resources originate in the hydrosphere
• Petroleum and coal come from organisms that lived and died in water
• Halite (salt) and other evaporite minerals come from dry lake beds
– Weathering interactions between geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere produce metal oxide ores
– Humans (biosphere) interact directly with the geosphere, the hydrosphere, and the atmosphere when extracting and utilizing resources
– Even water, when found beneath the Earth’s surface, is a geologic resource (renewable)
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18.09.a
Mineral Deposits and OresMineral Deposits and Ores
Vein with only quartz:Vein with only quartz:not a mineral depositnot a mineral deposit
Mineral deposit: contains Mineral deposit: contains something valuablesomething valuable
Ore: can be mined Ore: can be mined at a profitat a profit
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Origin of Metallic Ore DepositsOrigin of Metallic Ore Deposits
• Ores associated with igneous rocks– Crystal settling– Hydrothermal fluids
• Contact metamorphism• Hydrothermal veins• Disseminated ore deposits
– Porphyry copper• Hot springs
– Pegmatites
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Origin of Metallic Ore DepositsOrigin of Metallic Ore Deposits
• Ores formed by surface processes– Chemical precipitation in layers– Placer deposits– Supergene enrichment
• Metal ores and plate tectonics– Divergent plate boundaries– Convergent plate boundaries
• Mining• Environmental effects
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Origin of Metallic Ore DepositsOrigin of Metallic Ore Deposits
• Some important metals– Iron– Copper– Aluminum– Lead– Zinc– Silver– Gold– Other metals
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Nonmetallic ResourcesNonmetallic Resources
• Construction materials– Sand & gravel– Stone– Limestone
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Nonmetallic ResourcesNonmetallic Resources
• Fertilizers and evaporites– Fertilizers
• Phosphate; nitrate; potassium compounds
– Rock salt– Gypsum– Sulfur
• Other nonmetallics
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Some Future TrendsSome Future Trends
• Ocean mining• Metallic brines • Improved tools & techniques• The human perspective
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18.09.c
Igneous Igneous crystallizationcrystallization
Hydrothermal Hydrothermal depositiondeposition
Hydrothermal Hydrothermal replacementreplacement MetamorphismMetamorphism
Hot or Deep Processes that Form Hot or Deep Processes that Form Mineral DepositsMineral Deposits
Volcanism and Volcanism and volcanic pipesvolcanic pipes
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Metals and OresMetals and Ores• Metal ores are naturally occurring
materials that can be profitably mined• Whether or not a mineral deposit is
considered an ore depends on its chemical composition, percentage of extractable metal, and the current market value of the metal
• Metallic ore deposits can originate by crystal settling in igneous intrusions, from hydrothermal fluids cooling in pores and factures, by chemical precipitation in surface or groundwater, or by river sedimentation (placers)
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18.10.a
Veins from hot Veins from hot waterwater
Veins in Veins in metamorphic rocksmetamorphic rocks
Gold in gravelGold in gravel
GoldGold-- bearing bearing conglomeratesconglomerates
LowLow-- grade grade gold depositsgold deposits
ByBy-- product goldproduct gold
GoldGold-- and Silverand Silver--rich Mineral rich Mineral DepositsDeposits
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18.10.c; 18.11.a
Platinum: Platinum: crystallization crystallization of Ptof Pt-- rich rich layers in layers in mafic to mafic to ultramafic ultramafic intrusionsintrusions
Geologic Setting of Some Other Geologic Setting of Some Other MetalsMetals
Iron: banded iron formationsIron: banded iron formations Iron: replacement near intrusionsIron: replacement near intrusions
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18.10.b
Observe the locations of large gold deposits in the Observe the locations of large gold deposits in the conterminous U.S.conterminous U.S.
Sierra NevadaSierra Nevada
NevadaNevada
Black HillsBlack Hills
ArizonaArizona
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18.11.a
Porphyry copper Porphyry copper depositsdeposits
Massive sulfide Massive sulfide depositsdeposits
Sedimentary copper Sedimentary copper depositsdeposits
Copper DepositsCopper Deposits
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18.11.c
Weathering leaches Weathering leaches copper from top, copper from top, leaving them leaving them reddish coloredreddish colored
Copper reprecipitated Copper reprecipitated at water table, enriching at water table, enriching deposit deposit
WeatheredWeathered
EnrichedEnriched
How Copper Deposits WeatherHow Copper Deposits Weather
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18.11.d
Mississippi Mississippi Valley Valley leadlead-- zinc zinc depositsdeposits
Sudbury Sudbury nickel nickel depositsdeposits
Two Other Types of Metal DepositsTwo Other Types of Metal Deposits
Shatter cones Shatter cones (from impact)(from impact)
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18.12.a-b
Exploring for Mineral DepositsExploring for Mineral DepositsUse geologic maps to Use geologic maps to identify favorable rocks identify favorable rocks and structuresand structures
Look for rocks Look for rocks altered by fluidsaltered by fluids
Chemically altered rocksChemically altered rocks
Reconstruct Reconstruct geologic history geologic history
of area (events make, of area (events make, hide, or destroy deposit) hide, or destroy deposit)
Analyze the Analyze the chemistry of chemistry of
rocksrocks
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Mining and MetalsMining and Metals• Mining can be carried out on
Earth’s surface (strip mines, open-pit mines, and placer mines) or underground– Metals mined using these techniques
include iron, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, silver, gold and many others
• With care, negative environmental effects of mining, including unsightly tailings piles, surface scars, land subsidence, and acid mine drainage can be minimized
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18.12.c1
Conduct surveys Conduct surveys using geophysical using geophysical methods, including methods, including magnetic surveysmagnetic surveys
Note where the Note where the magnetic strength is magnetic strength is high over ore bodyhigh over ore body
Finding Buried Mineral DepositsFinding Buried Mineral Deposits
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18.12.d
Extracting and Processing Extracting and Processing MineralsMinerals
OpenOpen-- pit minepit mine
Underground mineUnderground mine
MillMill
Leach padsLeach pads
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18.09.c
Weathering enrichmentWeathering enrichmentFormation by weatheringFormation by weathering
Mechanical concentrationMechanical concentration LowLow-- temperature precipitationtemperature precipitation
Surficial Processes that Form Surficial Processes that Form Mineral DepositsMineral Deposits
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Important Industrial Mineral Important Industrial Mineral DepositsDeposits
18.13.c-d
Silica sandSilica sand
SaltSalt PhosphatePhosphateClay mineralsClay minerals
Crushed rockCrushed rockSand and gravelSand and gravel
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NonNon--metallic Resourcesmetallic Resources• Non-metallic resources are those that
are not mined to extract a metal or as a source of energy– Such resources are used for
construction materials (sand, gravel, limestone, and gypsum), agriculture(phosphate, nitrate and potassium compounds), industrial uses (rock salt, sulfur, asbestos), gemstones (diamonds, rubies), and for manufacture of household and business products (glass sand, fluorite, diatomite, graphite)
• If it can’t be grown, it must be mined
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Pegmatite Pegmatite –– gemstone gemstone -- emeraldsemeralds
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18.12.b
how plate tectonics helps us explore how plate tectonics helps us explore for ore depositsfor ore deposits
Divergent Divergent boundariesboundaries
Convergent Convergent boundariesboundaries
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Examples of Metals obtained from OresExamples of Metals obtained from Ores
• Aluminum or Iron – appliances and vehicles
• Metals for conductors or semi-conductors• Gems, gold, and silver – jewelry• Lead from galena• Copper from malachite and azurite• Zinc from sphalerite• Many other metals found in rocks
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US supply of US supply of mineralsminerals
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DistributionDistribution
• Globally, very un-even distribution– Some countries have plenty – export nations– Some countries have none – import nations– Figure 12.1
• Un-even distribution is reason wars are fought
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Porphyry Porphyry copper and copper and
molybdenum molybdenum depositsdeposits
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U.S. metal precious metal mine areasU.S. metal precious metal mine areas
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Types of Mineral DepositsTypes of Mineral Deposits• Igneous Rocks and Magmatic Deposits
– Pegmatite– Kimberlite
• Hydrothermal Ores– hydrothermal
• Relationship to Plate Margins• Sedimentary Deposits
– Banded iron formation– Evaporite
• Other low-temperature ore-forming processes– Placers
• Metamorphic Deposits
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MagmaticMagmatic segregationsegregation
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Hydrothermal depositsHydrothermal deposits
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Sulfur deposits around volcanic fumarolesSulfur deposits around volcanic fumaroles
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Black Smokers and Black Smokers and volcanic massive sulfide depositsvolcanic massive sulfide deposits
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Placer gold deposits and Placer gold deposits and hydraulickinghydraulicking
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Mineral and Rock ResourcesMineral and Rock ResourcesExamples (uses)Examples (uses)
• Metals – iron, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, or platinum
• Nonmetallic Minerals – sulfides, lime (calcium carbonate), sulfur, halite, clay, gypsum, or potash
• Rock resources – most abundant quantity of earth resources we use– Sand, gravel, limestone, quartz-rich sand,
marble, granite, and sandstone
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Mineral Supply and DemandMineral Supply and Demand
• Global demand is always growing– About 2% pre-World War II for most metals– About 10 % World War II to mid-1970’s– Demand is fluctuating now
• U.S. Mineral Production and Consumption– U.S. population is only 4.5% of the world but
consumes many times its share of the world supply
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US annual per capita consumptionUS annual per capita consumption
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Figure 12.12Figure 12.12
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Gypsum used in sheetrockGypsum used in sheetrock
18.13.a
Cement, Concrete, and Cement, Concrete, and SheetrockSheetrock
Cement used to Cement used to make concretemake concrete
Lime plantLime plant
Limestone quarryLimestone quarry
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Figure 12.13Figure 12.13
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World Mineral SupplyWorld Mineral Supply
• World demand is always fluctuating• Commodities do not follow fluctuating
trends• Mineral reserves eventual will be depleted• Import/export relationships will fluctuate• Technology often allows more access to
difficult or low grade ore deposits• Future mineral-resource shortages will
occur and cause international tension
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US imports and suppliers of materialsUS imports and suppliers of materials
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World production and reservesWorld production and reserves
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Options Options -- Minerals for the FutureMinerals for the Future• Consider controlling consumption rates
– Reduce the consumption rates (unlikely)– Hold these rates steady (unlikely)
• Carefully consider the facts:– Globally the less developed nations are striving
to achieve comparable standards of living as the technologically advanced countries enjoy
– Countries that have the fastest-growing populations are not well endowed with mineral deposits and are the less developed countries of the world!
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US minerals consumptionUS minerals consumption
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New Methods in Mineral ExplorationNew Methods in Mineral Exploration• Fact: the economically easy and profitable
deposits are being depleted• Geophysics is a useful aid to locating new
deposits– Gravity survey– Magnetic survey– Electrical property survey
• Geochemical survey and prospecting is an increasingly popular exploration tool
• Remote sensing is expanding into exploration strategies
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Exploration conceptsExploration concepts
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Remote SensingRemote Sensing• Sophisticated but valuable exploration tools• Useful to detect, record, and analyze energy
emitted off the earth– Aerial photography– Satellites– Space shuttle, and other manned missions
• Remote sensing is backed up by ‘ground truth’activities– old fashioned geologic mapping
• Advances in the geological sciences are directed toward intigration of remote sensing, geochemistry, and geophysics
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Remote sensingRemote sensing
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remote sensingremote sensing
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Marine Mineral ResourcesMarine Mineral Resources• Oceans – our new mineral frontier• Sea water contains abundant dissolved minerals
and many useful element– Most extraction techniques currently used are energy
intensive and expensive• Hydrothermal ore deposits along seafloor
spreading ridges are a possible source of many materials– Currently, they are too deep - of limited benefit
• Manganese nodules are widely distributed on the ocean floors; a promising solution.– Many political, environmental, and legal obstacles
must be over come before they can be mined
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Manganese Manganese nodulesnodules
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Conservation of Mineral ResourcesConservation of Mineral Resources• Overall need for resources is growing – must
reduce this expansion• Some mineral resources maybe substituted by
other, more abundant resources– Plastics replacing automobile parts
• Recycling – many metals are successfully recycled– More recycling is required– Not all commodities are easy to recycle
• Measures to reduce demand must be the key
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Raw materials consumptionRaw materials consumption
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Impacts of Mining ActivitiesImpacts of Mining Activities• Mining and mineral-processing activities can
modify the environment in various ways• Both underground mines and surface mines
have their own sets of associated impacts• Safety, hazards, and water and air pollution
should not be overlooked• Very stressful to the environment
– Must be carefully planned– Must be safe to miners and their neighbors– Must be contained – water and air pollution is a
major problem
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Industrial mineralsIndustrial minerals
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Underground MinesUnderground Mines
• Generally hard to see where they are located– Area of disturbance is local
• Miners place the tunnels close to the ore body to cut down on waste
• Once mines are closed they can be sealed with the non-ore rock (waste rock)
• Surface collapse general limited and controllable with modern mine reclamation practices– Old, abandoned, and forgotten mines are still
a problem
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SubsidenceSubsidence
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Surface MinesSurface Mines• Quarrying extracts rock to be used either intact
(building blocks or facing stone) or crushed (cement-making and road bed)
• Open-pit – Mine a large ore body located near the surface– Permanent changes to local topography will occur
• Strip mining– Most ores occur in a layer that generally is parallel to
the surface– The ore zone is overlain by vegetation, soil, non- ore
rock that must be removed– Spoils banks are designed to collect the waste rock– Current reclamation law requires that it be return to
the pit and the original soil replaced– Expensive but vital
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Fig. 12.25Fig. 12.25
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Mineral ProcessingMineral Processing• Mineral extraction
– Ore rock is ground or crushed for extraction– The fine waste material is placed in tailings– The tailings are exposed to wind and weather– Harmful elements such as mercury, arsenic,
cadmium, or uranium can be leached out– The surface and subsurface water systems can be
contaminated– Chemicals used in ore extraction must be controlled
and not just dumped– Smelting ores to extract metals can produce metal
laden exhaust gas or ash, sulfur oxide and acid rain pollution and must be scrubbed before discharging