Course Examination paper of Resource Geology （ Answers） Ⅰ . To Explanate the following terms ( Ten terms , 2 marks per term, total 20 marks) 1. Ore Minerals: the specific minerals within the ore which contain the metals to be recovered. 2. Ferrous metal : Iron, Manganese, Chromium, Vanadium, Titanium; 3. Precious metal: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium; 4. Siderophilic elements: Fe Ni Co C Au Ge Sn Mo Pt Ru Rh 5. Mineralization epoch: A long process of formation of ore deposit, during which the deposition of ore took place repeatedly or continuously, and was related to the changes of physical-chemical condition of ore-bearing fluids. 6. Grade: this means the concentration of the substance of interest, usually stated in terms of weight per unit volume. 7. Hydrothermal solution: hot, and in liquid state without regard to origin. 8. Mineralization stage: Shorter periods in the mineralization epoch, during which certain mineral assemblage formed; Paragenesis:The chron9. ological order of mineral deposition is known 10. are those that have been formed from the magmatic volatile and solutions. e given answers ( Ten questions , 3 arks per question, total 30 marks) 1. ost important mineral concentrated by fractional as the Paragenesis; Magma-related vapor-liquid hydrothermal deposit: Magma-related vapor-liquid hydrothermal deposit Ⅱ . Select the correct terms from th m What is the m crystallization? A. Chromite; B. platinum; C. cassiterite; D. gypsum 2. Within the 5 ways minerals occur by weathering processes? become concentrated, which of the following E. Placers A. Magmatic Mineral Deposits; B. Sedimentary Mineral Deposits; C.Residual Mineral Deposits; D. Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits; 3. Nonmetallic substances are mainly used as? A. C zers; C. Building Materials; D. Chemicals and Fertilizers; e hemicals; B. Fertili E. All of the abov 4. What is an ore? A. the distribution of many kinds of mineral deposits; B. sedimentary mineral deposits; C. when a mineral deposit can be worked profitably; D. cooling magma 5. True or False. The distri controlled by plate bution of many kinds of mineral deposits is tectonics. A. True; B. False 6. Which of the following is the best example of a renewable resource? A. Cement; B. Steel; C. Water; D. Copper; E. Nickel 7. Copper, Gold, lead, galena, sp process of these raw materials? A. soil leaching; B. pl halerite. What is the geologic concentration acer sorting; C. hydrothermal precipitaion; D. igneous cooling; E. evaporation 8. Which of the following is NOT a material that comes from igneous cooling. A. quartz; B. lithium; C. diamond; D. feldspar; E. gypsum 9. Which of the following materials is not produced by hydrothermal precipitation? A. Copper; B. Galena; C. sphalerite; D. talc; E. lead 10. True or False, Coal is the most abundant of the fossil fuels. A. True; B. False Ⅲ . Briefly answer following the questions. ( 3 questions , 10 marks per question, total 30 marks) （ answering questions in Chinese is allowed） 1. How many concentration processes that lead to the formation of ore deposits are there in our study? ① By selectively removing a large fraction of components from approximately average rocks and thereby concentrating one or more elements in the residuum ② By direct concentrating one or more previously dispersed elements or compound through extracting them from country rocks； ③ Most ore deposits have been formed by processes that have brought togather previously dispersed elements or compounds. These processes have almost invariably involved one or more fluid phases and have driven by physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms; 2. Which genesic kinds can the ore-bearing be devided into? And explain their main characters and features? ① dissolving and extracting metals from country rocks ； ② migrating ore-forming compositions through the wall-rock ; ③ make ore precipitate 3. What are the features of magma? ①To consist of a silicate melt or a mush of liquid fluid, crystals, water and volatiles and other substances; ②Most magmas are probably not homogene ous in composition, and constantly change due to chemical reaction or crystalization; ③Magma is of high temperature (900℃～1500℃)and sometime high pressure, so can flow through channels underground or on the surface of the earth, and heats the cool water both in ocean and underground to create the hydrothermal solutions. Ⅳ . Explanation the model figures with geological charaters of ore deposits (Choicing to answer 2 questions from 3 questions , 10 marks per question, total 20 marks) （ answering questions in Chinese is allowed） 1. To describe the main charaters of the shown ore deposit by unscrambling the following figures. Referent answer points: 4a 2a 2b 4b 3b 1b 1a 3a 4a 地表 成矿近 似深度 (km) 4 3 2 1 1a 12 89 3 10 4567 1-砂砾岩；2- 粉砂岩和泥灰岩；3- 大理岩；4- 中- 酸性脉岩； 5-闪长岩（和 /或石英闪长岩、花岗 岩）； 6-接触交代矿体； 7-蚀变带； 8-沉积- 接触变质改造矿体； 9-断层； 10-矿体产状类型编号 1. ore deposit type; 2. geological conditions controlling on the formation of ore deposit shown in figure; 3. basic geological characters of ore deposit; 2. Explanation the formation conditions and processes of epithermol ore deposit by reading the following model figure. Answer: Low sulfide deposits high sulfide deposits Deposit Form Open-space veins dominant, stockwork ore common Disseminated and replacement ore minor ? Textures Veins, cavity filling (bands, colloforms, druses), breccias ? Ore Minerals Pyrite, electrum, gold, sphalerite, galena (asrenopyrite) ? Gangue Quartz, chalcedony, calcite, adularia, illite, carbonates ? Metals Disseminated ore dominant, replacement ore common Stockwork ore minor, veins commonly subordinate Wallrock replacement, breccias, veins Pyrite, enargite, chalcopyrite, tennanite, covellite, gold, tellurides Quartz, alunite, barite, kaolinite, pryophyllite ?Au, Ag, Zn, Pb (Cu, Sb, As Cu, Au, Ag, As (Pb, Hg, Sb, Te, Sn, Mo, Bi) 3. To describe the main charaters of zoning and alteration in porphyry copper ore deposit by unscrambling the following figures. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1 2 3 16 10 14 5 4 8 13 10 16 12 9 11 7 6 15 (C n M o)、 斑岩型铜（钼）矿床的成矿模式 ①基底岩石；②火山岩；③泥沙质岩；④碳酸盐岩；⑤泥质岩； ⑥深成岩基；⑦浅成斑岩体；⑧爆破角砾岩筒；⑨带黑点的范围表示斑岩型铜钼矿化；⑩矽卡岩型矿 化；⑾钾化带底界；⑿绢英岩化带底界；⒀青盘盐化带底界；⒁青盘盐化带顶界；⒂上升岩浆流体； ⒃循环天水 Reference answer: ①. High-level (epizonal) stock emplacement levels in volcano-plutonic arcs, commonly oceanic volcanic island and continent-margin arcs. ②. Virtually any type of country rock can be mineralized, but commonly the high-level stocks and related dikes intrude their coeval and cogenetic volcanic piles. ③. Depth zoning is commonly evident with pyrite-rich deposits containing enargite near surface, passing downwards into tetrahedrite/tennantite + chalcopyrite and then chalcopyrite in porphyry intrusions at depth. ④. Strong alteration zones develop in and around granitic rocks with related porphyry deposits. Often there is early development of a wide area of secondary biotite that gives the rock a distinctive brownish colour. Ideally, mineralized zones will have a central area with secondary biotite or potassium feldspar and outward 'shells' of cream or green quartz and sericite (phyllic), then greenish chlorite, epidote, sodic plagioclase and carbonate {prophylitic) alteration. In some cases white, chalky clay (argillic) alteration occurs.