Add to Table of contents Mineral ID LabPage 26 MiningPage 27.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Add to Table of contents Mohs Hardness ScalePage 30 MiningPage 31.

Advertisements

Lesson 13.2 Mining More than a ton of waste may remain after extracting just a few hundredths of an ounce of gold.

There’s gold in them thar hills! Equipment like picks, shovels and pans were used in Placer Mining Panning for Gold Placer Mining was used to extract.

Mining Activity in Nevada, By Lorre A. Moyer Open-File Report 04-xxx Digital Movie, Version U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological.

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Chapter 3 section 3.  Evaporation  Salt H 2 O  Metamorphic rocks  Volcanic activity  Limestones  groundwater  Hot H2O solutions  groundwater 

 Minerals are necessary to our modern way of life.  Mineral deposits, a location that contains a large amount of a type of mineral, are sources of:

Chapter 18 – The Frontier West ( )

Ch. 18 Westward Expansion Mrs. Manley. I. The Mining Booms A. Discoveries of gold & silver drew thousands of fortune seekers to the West B. After the.

Chapter 17 Section 1 Vocabulary Immigrate- to move to a foreign region or country manual- involving work done by hand vigilante- self-appointing law enforcer.

The Formation, Mining, and Use of Minerals

Mining and Mineral Resources. Minerals: solids with characteristic chemical composition, orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical.

Nevada Geology in our State. Minerals in Nevada We mine for: –Gold –Silver –Copper –Gypsum –Lime –Diatomite –Limestone –Perlite –Magnesite –Lithium –Silica.

The Frontier Experience Mining

The Western Frontier Mrs. Williamson. By the mid-1850s, the gold rush boom had ended in California, and miners were off to prospect in other areas of.

Mining Placer mining – mining for the shallow ore at the earth’s surface. (Individuals) Quartz mining – corporate mining using heavy equipment to dig.

Virginia City, Nevada, site of the “Big Bonanza.”.

1-3 Formation and Mining of Minerals Objectives: 1.Describe the environments in which minerals form. 2.Compare and contrast the different types of mining.

O: You will be able to explain how minerals are formed and mined.

Nonrenewable Resources: Metals and Nonmetals

Mining Questions relating to Canada’s Mineral Wealth Lecture: What kinds of rock minerals/metals do we find here in Canada? Where are these rocks found.

Chapter 7: Resources and the Environment

What is mining?  Mining: is extracting ore or minerals from the ground  Ore: the natural material large enough and pure enough to be mined for profit.

Mining and Mineral ResourcesSection 1 Mineral Resources We depend on the use of mineral resources in almost every aspect of our daily life. However, our.

Mining. Mining?...Like Minecraft? wu65Gic.

Miners and Ranchers. Q: What were those who traveled west looking for? A: - Rich farmland in the Oregon Territory - Gold in California.

Motivations for Westward Expansion Objective 4.01.

Mining and Mineral Resources

 Minerals form in a variety of environments in Earth’s crust.  Each of these environments has a different set of physical and chemical conditions. 

Miners and Ranchers. Westward Movement The growing industrial economy in the east needed the deposits of gold, silver, and copper found in the west. Many.

CANADA’s Environmental Issues Environmental Issues Acid Rain Pollution of Great Lakes Extraction and use of Natural resources on Canadian Shield Timber.

How we get our minerals and rocks

Miners and Ranchers. Q: What were those who traveled west looking for? A: - Rich farmland in the Oregon Territory - Gold in California.

Rock and Mineral Resources

Mining, Ranching, & Native Americans Changes in the American Frontier.

NOTES ALIGNED TO CHAPTER 4.1 MR. BABCOCK 7 TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES Westward Expansion and the Mining Booms.

Section 2: Mineral Exploration and Mining

MINERALS ARE SOURCES OF METALS FOR CARS AND AIRPLANES QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR FOR GLASS Minerals are valuable.

Section 2.  Exploring rock for mineralization is the first step in finding an ore deposit.  Rock samples are taken from exploration areas and analyzed.

Chapter 3 Section 3. The Formation, Mining, and Use of Minerals What You Will Learn Describe the environments in which minerals form. Compare the two.

Mining Questions relating to Canada’s Mineral Wealth Lecture: What kinds of rock minerals/metals do we find here in Canada? Where are these rocks found.

C18 S1 The Mining Booms  Creation of new states.  Construction of the transcontinental railroad.  New wave of settlement.  Benefited industry. What.

A Mining Boom. Where did important mining discoveries take place in the late 1800s? Gold near Pikes Peak – late 1858 Early 1859 – Colorado 1859 – Carson.

Describe the manner in which mining companies explore for new mineral deposits. Describe three methods of subsurface mining. Describe two methods of surface.

Physical Geology Mineral and Mining Resources. Ore Minerals  Minerals that are valuable and economical to extract are known as ore minerals  Minerals.

19-6: Mining in the West 1. E.Q., Compare/contrast mining in the West with the East.Compare/contrast mining in the West with the East. Sing, “Oh, My Darling,

Objectives Explain how the discovery of gold and silver affected the West. Describe life in the western mining towns. Examine how railroads spread and.

Miners and Ranchers By Mr. Bruce Diehl. I. Growth of the Mining Industry A.The growing industries in the East needed the West’s rich mineral deposits.

The Mining Booms Chapter 18, Section 1 Pgs

By: Lexi Grebeleski , Alex Kaiss and Rachel Huber

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Canada’s Mineral Wealth

Miners and Ranchers Chapter 8 Section 1.

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Chapter 16 Ecology Section 1.

The West Transformed By: Ria and May

Objectives Define the term mineral.

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Do not press 17-1 Mining and Railroads By: Drake & Andrew url.

Add to Table of contents

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

CHAPTER 16 - MINING.

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Westward Expansion After 1865

Mining and Mineral Resources

Chapter 17 - Section 1 Mining and Railroad

If you were absent last class, you missed a test

Section 1: Minerals and Mineral Resources

Presentation transcript:

Add to Table of contents Mineral ID LabPage 26 MiningPage 27

Mining Pg. 27 Mining is the process of extracting valuable material from the Earth.

Lone Mountain Gravel Pit

4 Steps of the Mining Process 1. Find the minerals. 2. Mine minerals from the earth.

3. Refine the minerals. 4. Transport minerals to market to be used in products.

Ores - mineral deposits in the earth’s crust that contain a desired material. 1. Metals or nonmetals. 2. Must be present in high enough quantities to make its removal profitable. 3. Ore refining= removing these wanted products from the ore.

Most Common Copper Ores Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Malachite

Copper ore mining

Mining began in Nevada on the heels of the California gold rush in 1849 before Nevada was even a state. The major discovery of silver, known as the Comstock Lode, happened a decade later in 1859 and brought great changes to the area as miners rushed into the region and boom towns including Virginia City, Aurora, Unionville and Austin were born. Over the next 20 years, almost $1 billion of gold and silver were produced by Nevada mines. The wealth of Nevada mines, the population surge they created and the ongoing American Civil War prompted Abraham Lincoln to declare Nevada the 36th state in the Union on Oct. 31, 1864.

Men in a silver mine

Tonopah-gold discover in 1900

Goldbar Mine in Goldfield, NV

World’s Gold Production

USA is the #2 gold Producer in the world Nevada produces 85% of the gold from North America. But, the most common mining product in the USA is gravel.

Barite-paints, plastic Silica- sand, glass Limestone-Cement Diatomite- insect killer Mercury-makes Thimerosal in tattoo ink and mascara

Gypsum 1. Blue Diamond Mine-> 2. Dig it out of the ground-> 3. Taken to building to be powdered(refined)-> 4. truck to Pabco plant at Lake Mead to be made into drywall and stucco.

Out Why is Nevada called the “Silver State”?

Mining is the process of a. exploration and discovery. b. removing unwanted material from mountains. c. extracting valuable material from the Earth. d. using chemicals to dissolve metals.