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SMART MINING How can we be good managers of Earth’s mined resources and make smart choices for today and the future?

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1 SMART MINING How can we be good managers of Earth’s mined resources and make smart choices for today and the future?

2 PUMPKINS AND MINING

3 What steps did you take to get to your finished pumpkin product?

4 How do you think these steps apply to mining?

5 LIFE CYCLE OF A MINE Exploration Rights, Zoning, & Permits Planning Operations Closure & Reclamation

6 LIFE CYCLE OF A MINE _____________________

7 Stage 1: Exploration Investigate –Demand –Location –Quantity –Quality Deposits are located and quality and quantity are confirmed

8 Stage 1: Exploration ________________ are located and ________________ and _______________ are confirmed

9 VOCABULARY ALERT Deposit - abundant source of mineral or rock Quantity – how much there is Quality – how good it is

10 VOCABULARY Deposit - _____________________________ Quantity – ____________________________ ________ – how good it is

11 Stage 2: Rights, Zoning, & Permits Obtain –Property –Mineral Rights –Zoning –Permits Property is purchased and permission is received

12 Property is __________________ and ________________ is received to mine. Stage 2: Rights, Zoning, & Permits

13 VOCABULARY ALERT Permit – give permission to do something

14 VOCABULARY Permit - ______________________________ _____________________________________

15 Stage 3: Planning Discuss –How to mine (surface or underground) –Layout of plant and roads –Drainage –Traffic patterns –Environmental impact

16 Stage 3: Planning When how to mine is discussed as well as the layout of the mine and environmental impact

17 When ____________ is discussed as well as the ____________________ and ______________________________. Stage 3: Planning

18 WHY?

19 GUEST SPEAKER

20 I’LL TELL YOU WHY ITEM AT SCHOOL OR HOMEMADE FROM MINED

21 Stage 4: Operations Let’s –Remove overburden –Drill and BlastBlast –Haul –Ship When work begins and includes blasting, drilling, hauling, and shipping.

22 Stage 4: Operations When work begins and includes ______________, _________________, _______________, and ________________.

23 VOCABULARY ALERT Overburden – rock or soil overlying a mineral or rock deposit.

24 VOCABULARY _________________ - __________________ overlying a mineral or rock _______________.

25 VIDEO

26 Stage 5: Closure & Reclamation Operations stop, and the mine becomes something different

27 Stage 5: Closure & Reclamation Operations __________, and the mine ______________________.

28 VOCABULARY ALERT Reclaim – restore to a usable state Sustain – strengthen and support

29 VOCABULARY Reclaim - _____________________________ ______________ - strengthen and support

30 SLIDE SHOW

31 How was the pumpkin activity like real life mining?


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