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Directions: Read the statements and choose the most appropriate response. You may click the helpful hints button at any time. Good luck!
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1. Products of the mining industry include ***.
a. surgical instruments
b. sewer pipes
c. brick
d. all of the above
2. Mineral rights in Saskatchewan are owned by the federal Crown. This statement is ***.
a. not true, because the Crown has no interest in provincial mineral claims
b. not true, since ownership rights were transferred to the province in the 1930's
c. true, yet the provincial government is able to tax owners of mineral rights
d. true, since many of the mineral rights are owned by larger, federal Crown corporations
3. An example of a non-renewable resource is ***.
a. trees
b. water
c. coal
d. all of the above
4. A person who visually observes an area for outcrops and possible mineral deposits is known as a ***.
a. prospector
b. geophysicists
c. geochemist
d. land surveyor
5. A method used to locate possible orebodies involves sending a type of sound wave beneath the surface and waiting for their return. By measuring the duration of the signal, determination of a mineral find may occur. The name of this method is ***.
a. metaphysical
b. radar
c. sonar
d. seismic
6. Exploration for uranium would most likely occur in the Precambrian (Canadian) Shield after the discovery of *** in the area.
a. coal
b. shale
c. hydro chloric acid
d. radon gas
7. The majority of potash in the province is *** mined.
a. underground
b. surface
c. solution
d. strip
8. The room and pillar method of mining is used in underground mining at the Allan mine because ***.
a. the mineral lies in horizontal beds
b. this is the only way to get machines to operate efficiently underground
c. the mineral lies in vertical formations
d. it is necessary to have efficient air exchange underground and the rooms allow fresh air to be blown in from fans at the surface
9. Solution mining works on the premise that ***.
a. the mineral mined can be cleaned underground before being brought to the surface
b. water is used to dissolve the mineral underground, then it is pumped to the surface in solution
c. ore-bearing water naturally exists under the surface and must be pumped to open ground where the water is allowed to evaporate
d. the ore-bearing rock is too unstable under the surface to support underground mining
10. The choice of open pit mining or underground mining in the case of uranium depends on several factors. From the following, choose the exception.
a. the depth of the ore deposit
b. ease of removal of overburden
c. grade of ore
d. economics