mineral prospecting
1Mineral exploration — is the process of finding ore (commercially viable concentrations of minerals) to mine. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organized and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of… …
2Prospecting — is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking. Prospecting is synonymous in some ways with mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale and at least semi scientific… …
3Mineral industry of Russia — Russia is one of the world’s leading mineral producing countries and accounts for a large percentage of the CIS’s production of a range of mineral products, including metals, industrial minerals, and mineral fuels. In 2005, Russia ranked among… …
4prospecting — ▪ mining search for economically exploitable mineral deposits (mineral deposit). Until the 20th century prospecting involved roaming likely areas on foot looking for direct indications of ore mineralization in outcrops, sediments, and soils …
5Mineral industry of Africa — The mineral industry of Africa is one of the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second biggest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For many African countries, mineral… …
6Mineral industry of Namibia — Diamond remained the most economically significant mineral commodity produced by the mining industry of Namibia.Philip M. Mobbs. [http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2006/myb3 2006 wa.pdf The Mineral Industry of Namibia ] . 2006… …
7Mineral industry of Botswana — The mineral industry of Botswana has dominated the national economy since the early 1990s. Diamond has been the leading component of the mineral sector since large scale diamond production began 25 years ago. Most of Botswana’s diamond production …
8Prospecting — The search for an area of probable mineralization; the search normally includes topographical, geological, and geophysical studies of relatively large areas undertaken in an attempt to locate specific areas warranting detailed exploration.… …
9Mineral Resource Rent Tax — The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) is a proposed tax on profits generated from the exploitation of non renewable resources in Australia.[1] It is the replacement for the proposed Resource Super Profit Tax (RSPT). The tax, levied on 30% of the… …
10prospecting — Looking over the field and taking samples for analysis to determine where there is mineral in paying quantities. Used with reference to annual labor to be expended upon a mining claim, the word is not used m the sense of exploration and discovery …
