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Lithosphere Overview - Coggle Diagram
Lithosphere Overview
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Enviromental impacts of mining: toxic leachate, spoil disposal, habitat loss, turbid draining water, dust and noise
Methods used to prevent enviromental impacts: sedimentation lagoon, tree planting on a spoil heap, baffle mounds and water spraying
Hydrothermal deposition - water reaches the magma then turns to steam. Substances in water become to heavy so they will be deposited in the mineral veins
Metamorphic processes - Increasing temperature and pressure on the rocks. It can change the rocks size and shape. It needs enough heat and pressure to change shape but not to much that it melts the mineral crystals
Proterozoic marine sediments - Marine deposits are in any deposit of insoluble material. They are on land in sea and in space
Alluvial deposits - It consists of salt, sand, clay and gravel they are normally in the lower part of the river forming flood plains
Cut-off ore grade - It is an industry-accepted standard expression used to determine what part of a mineral deposit to include in a mineral resource estimate.
Recycling - Not all used materials are able to be recycled. Energy used to transport and recycle aluminium must be less than the energy used to extract it out of the ground