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Scheduled maintenance: 20 September 2023 from 10:00 to 11:00 The nickel ore in Hinatuan, Surigao del Norte. a. Limonite type Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) 7 studiers today Garnierite type 5.0 (2 reviews) b. Garnierite type c. Besshi type Terms in this set (1316) d. Cyprus type Withi...

Scheduled maintenance: 20 September 2023 from 10:00 to 11:00 The nickel ore in Hinatuan, Surigao del Norte. a. Limonite type Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) 7 studiers today Garnierite type 5.0 (2 reviews) b. Garnierite type c. Besshi type Terms in this set (1316) d. Cyprus type Within the Baguio District, where can you find the bonanza deposits occur within the brecciaed rim of acupan One of the largest producers of nickel in the the Balaoc plug. a. Mankayan c. Ilogon-Suyoc b. Acupan d. None of the above country located in Palawan. Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation a. Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation b. Hinatuan Mining Corporation Numerous occurrences of porphyry-type c. Taganito Mining Corporation mineralization that have been identified. d. Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated All of the above a. Zambales deposit c. Marinduque deposit Nickel ores characterized by high iron content (40- b. Sipalay, Negros deposit d. All of the above 50%), and relatively low nickel (0.5-15%), cobalt (0.25-2%), magnesia (<5%), and silica (<10%). The copper deposits of Lepanto consolidated mining company located at Mankayan, Benguet. vein type a. Cyprus type c. Vein type Limonite a. Saphrolite type b. Porphyry type d. Besshi type b. Besshi type The biggest single deposit of refractory chromite in c. Limonite type the Philippines d. Cyprus type Zambales a. Palawan c. Surigao b. Samar d. Zambales Mine which is located at Paracale, Camarines Norte The copper deposit contains recoverable a. Maricalum Mining Corporation concentrations of molybdenum a. Philex Mining Corporation Maricalum Mining Corporation United Paragon Mining Corporation b. Marcopper Mining Corporation c. United Paragon Mining Corporation b. Maricalum Mining Corporation d. Manila Mining Corporation c. Benguet-Dizon Copper Gold Operation d. Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) (United Paragon Mining Corp), what is the mineral During an exploration drilling, an RQD of 76% was commodity of the mine? determined on a single operational run length. What is its qualitative equivalent? a. Copper gold Fair B. Silver a. Poor b. Good c. Very good c. Nickel d. Fair d. Gold During an exploration drilling, an RQD of 91-100% was determined on a single operational run length. The term "rock" differs from "stone" in that the latter is applied to __________. blocks or pieces What is its qualitative equivalent? Very good a. Poor a. crude and untreated b. Good b. quarrying c. Very good c. blocks or pieces d. Fair d. cement The following are considered deleterious minerals in What type of VMS deposit is found in Rapu-rapu concreting aggregates, except: island? Limestone Besshi a. Smectite a. Kuruko b. Mica b. Cyprus - mafic to ultramafic sequence of c. Limestone ophiolite affinity d. Coal c. Besshi d. Carlin It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the Petroleum Industry. During an exploration drilling, an RQD of 48% was determined on a single operational run length. What Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is its qualitative equivalent? Poor a. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill b. Lakeview Gusher Oil Spill c. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill a. Poor d. Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill b. Good c. Very good A common logging technique that investigates the d. Fair density of electrons in rocks, determines the lithology via photoelectric measurement, bulk During an exploration drilling, an RQD of 51-75% was determined on a single operational run length. density total porosity, and cavities. Gamma-Gamma What is its qualitative equivalent? Good a. Gamma-Gamma b. Self-Potential a. Poor c. Electro-magnetic b. Good d. Radioactive Gamma c. Very good d. Fair Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Cu and Sn Bronze is an alloy of what elements? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) What deposit garnered attention and controversy In the principle of paleomagnetism, some rocks of due to the misrepresentation of its resource which different ages sampled from general the same area led to the creation of JORC? show quite different apparent magnetic pole positions. Data were provided using qualitative and Poseidon Nickel Deposit Poseidon NL a. Grasberg Mine - FreepotMcMoRan quantitative analysis in which it showed that the b. Poseidon Nickel Deposit - Poseidon NL earth's magnetic field had departed significantly c. Busang Deposit - Bre-X Mineral Lmtd. from its usual position. The curve defined by the d. Tampakan Deposit - SMI paleomagnetism is called polar wandering curve in which _____________. This geophysical method is considered to be the most equipmentintensive of the geophysical Magnetic field inclination is measured. techniques. This method requires seismic wave b. Magnetic latitude and magnetic longitude are the speed to increase monotonically with increasing Seismic Refraction only paramaters to be considered. depth. c. Acoustic depths doesn't require a lot of sensitivity a. Ground Penetrating Radar due to the nature of ocean geomorphology. b. Seismic Reflection c. Electromagnetic Induction d. The velocity of the slipping rate is the main d. Seismic Refraction parameter to consider A method of searching for concealed bodies of Which of the following describes the clay deposits metallic ores by means of chemical techniques. geochemical prospecting of Siruma Peninsula, Camarines Sur? a. rock sampling b. geochemical prospecting c. compass and tape traverse d. detailed exploration a. Kaolinitic and feldspathic clay Hydrothermal kaolin formed by the alteration of schists to c. Alluvial and floodplain clay deposits in the Philippines? d. Hydrothermal kaolin formed by the alteration of schists to siliceous clay a. Brgy. Biong, Gigmoto, Catanduanes b. Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique If a copper concentration comes back from the lab c. Brgy. Caitican, Siquijor, Siquijor as 100ppm of copper, how many lbs of rock must be d. Brgy. Liberty, Ormoc City, Leyte The Sto. Tomas II Mine (Philex Mng. Corp.) in Padcal, mined to have 100lbs of copper? 1,000,000 lbs Tuba, Benguet is an example of a: large-scale operating gold mine b. Sedimentary deposits of gray kaolinitic clay siliceous clay Where can you find one of the explored peat Brgy. Liberty, Ormoc City, Leyte a. Magnetic field inclination is measured. a. 1,000,000 lbs b. 10,000 lbs c. 100,000 lbs a. small-scale operating gold mine d. 1,000 lbs b. small-scale operating chromite mine c. large-scale operating gold mine d. large-scale operating chromite mine Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Ground Penetrating Radar Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) In mapping a ground rupture, what is the fastest and This is the crude oil that serves as an initial price most detailed geophysical method that could be reference point for other types of oils and oil-based used? securities. a. Electromagnetics Bench crude a. Reference crude b. Ground Penetrating Radar b. Standard crude c. Seismic Method c. Marker crude d. Induced Polarization d. Bench crude In a porphyry copper mineralization, what is the This is a non-destructive analytical technique used alteration zone where there are presence of the to determine the elemental composition of minerals orthoclase, quartz, alunite, secondary materials. These analyzers determine the chemistry biotite, chlorite, gypsum, zeolite, anhydrite? of a sample by measuring the secondary X-ray Potassic emitted from a sample when it is excited by a a. Argillic b. Propylitic XRF (X-ray fluorescence) primary X-ray source. c. Potassic a. Fluorescence Spectrometers d. Phyllic b. Spectral Microscopy c. XRF (X-ray fluorescence) d. Atomic Absorption Spectrometers - AAS Loss of ignition (LOI) is the weight loss that occurs e. XRD (X-ray Diffraction) when the powdered sample is heated to ___, at which point all the remaining volatiles are released. 700 °C The most commonly utilized scheme for classifying a. 700 °C organic matter in sediments based on the relative b. 800 °C abundance of elemental C, O, and H plotted c. 600 °C d. 500 °C graphically as H/C and O/C ratio. Van Krevelen Diagram a. Rockefeller Diagram b. Drake Diagram In porphyry copper mineralization, what is the c. Van Krevelen Diagram alteration zone where there are presence of the d. Montreal Diagram minerals clay, pyrite, quartz sericite, chlorite, calcite, gypsum, anhydrite, zeolite? Argillic In a project development cycle under the a. Phyllic exploration stage, what type of specific surveying b. Argillic method or exploration must be employed when the c. Potassic subject matter of the study includes the strength of d. Propylitic Which of the following sulfide minerals contains the Chalcocite Geotechnical drilling rocks? a. Geophysical surveying highest Cu percentage? b. Aditing a. Chalcocite b. Covellite c. Bornite d. Chalcopyrite d. Geotechnical drilling Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) c. Test pitting Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Subject to any existing rights or There are areas that are closed to mining. Per It is known as "The Oil Exploration and Development reservations and prior Section 19 of the Mining Act, R.A. 7942, Mineral Act of 1972". agreements of all parties, all Agreement or Financial or Technical Assistance mineral resources in public or Agreement applications shall not be allowed in private lands, including timber areas except for: Presidential Decree No. 87 a. Presidential Decree No. 49 b. Presidential Decree No. 371 or forestlands as defined in c. Presidential Decree No. 1592 existing laws d. Presidential Decree No. 87 This sets out the minimum standards, It is the largest porphyry copper deposit in the recommendations and guidelines for public world. reporting in the Philippines of exploration results, mineral resources and ore reserves. Chuquicamata PMRC a. Grasberg b. Chuquicamata a. SAMREC c. Kucing Liar b. PMRC d. Bingham c. PERC d. JORC What is the average concentration of Gold in the crust? . Which of the following does not belong to the group? 0.004 ppm a. 0.004 ppm b. 0.04 ppm Thanksgiving Mine a. Boyongan Mine c. 0.4 ppm b. Thanksgiving Mine d. 0.0004 ppm c. Canatuan Mine d. Tampakan Mine What are the metals being sought for in Greisen deposits? Where is Acoje Mine located? Sn and W Sta. Cruz, Zambales a. Pb and Zn a. San Mariano b. Cu and Ni b. Sta. Cruz, Zambales c. Au and Ag c. Rapu Rapu d. Sn and W d. Barlo, Biicobian Strata bound polymetallic mineral deposits High Sulfidation What specific type of mineralization is in the world genetically related to submarine acid volcanic class Tampakan Deposit. activity. a. High Sulfidation Kuroko Type a. Layered gabbro b. Porphyry b. Disseminated type c. Low Sulfidation c. Besshi Type d. Skarn d. Kuroko Type Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Which of the following uses a logarithmic scale? What mine is controversial because of a massive tailings spill incident in 1996? Richter Scale a. Geologic Time Scale b. Mohs Scale of Hardness c. Knoop Hardness Scale d. Richter Scale a. Diwalwal Gold Rush Area Marcopper Cu Mine b. Marcopper Cu Mine c. Maricalum Cu Mine Davao City, considered as one of the most livable city throughout the country is prone to a lot of d. Marinduque Gold Mine geological hazards. Flooding is a common problem to an urban city. This tends to be one of the major concerns of the city since it is explicitly Diwalwal gold rush started in what decade? experiencing an abrupt advancement of Urban flood urbanization and industrialization. Which of the type of flood prevails dominantly in the city? 1980s a. 1960s b. 1980s c. 1970s a. Estuarine flood d. 1950s b. Outburst flood c. Urban flood . The following are possible alluvial settings for d. Catastrophic flood sediment sampling, except: An act to recognize, protect, and promote the a. point bars/ sandy river banks along meander rights of indigenous cultural bends communities/indigenous peoples is known as? all are plausible sites b. meander scars a. R.A. 8371 or "The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act R.A. 8371 or "The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997" of 1997" c. cut-off channels b. R.A. 8371 or "The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act d. sand-gravel channel bars/ longitudinal bars of 1998" e. all are plausible sites c. R.A. 8371 or "The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1995" This tropical cyclone has a sustained wind speed ranging from 62-118 km/hr. d. R.A. 8371 or "The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1996 a. Tropical Depression Tropical Storm b. Super typhoon c. Tropical Storm d. Typhoon Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) This tropical cyclone has a sustained wind speed A star's energy is generated through ranging from 0-61 km/hr. nucleosynthesis. This usually starts with the fusion of _____. a. Tropical Depression Tropical Depression H to He b. Super typhoon a. He to H b. He to N c. N to He c. Tropical Storm d. H to He d. Typhoon The operating cost for a gold mine is 55 $/ton. The recovery at the mill is 90%. At a gold price of This tropical cyclone has a sustained wind speed $400/oz, what is the break- even cutoff grade in oz ranging from 118-220km/hr. Au/ton? 0.15 oz Au /ton a. Tropical Depression Typhoon a. 6.55 oz Au /ton b. 0.12 oz Au /ton b. Super typhoon c. 0.2 oz Au /ton d. 0.15 oz Au /ton c. Tropical Storm This is a temperature-dependent interval in the d. Typhoon subsurface where oil is generated and expelled from the source rocks. Super typhoon This tropical cyclone has a sustained wind speed ranging from >220km/hr. Oil Window a. Fuel Window b. Crude Window c. Oil Window In writing reports, when you are describing rocks d. Gas Window that you personally examined you will use the present tense. True . According to R.A. 7076, upon the declaration of a a. It's a case to case basis. people's small scale mining area, the director, in b. False consultation with the operator, claimowner, c. It actually depends on the age of the rock. landowner or lessor of an affected area, shall d. True determine the right of the small scale miners to existing facilities such as mining and logging roads, This process enhances the oil and gas production Easement rights private roads, port and communication facilities. This is known as? by creating fracture in the reservoir well through injection of hydraulic fluid at a pressure higher than that of the formation pressure. a. Easement rights a. Fracture Acidizing c. Corporate rights b. Custom rights Hydraulic Fracturing d. Ancestral rights b. Hydraulic Acidizing c. Matrix Acidizing d. Hydraulic Fracturing Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) One (1) block/meridional block is equal to ____ In applying for an EGGA, who is eligible to conduct hectares. a preliminary site inspection for the preparation of a geological site scoping report? 81 a. 82 b. 81 c. 71 A licensed geologist of the DENR-MGB a. A licensed geologist of the DPWH b. A licensed geologist of the DENR-MGB d. 91 c. A licensed geologist with minimum experience of 5 years irrespective of where he/she is employed . R.A. 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 d. A licensed geologist of DENREMB Nickel is being mined in the following areas except: . 1 mile is to how many kilometers? a. Cagdianao (East Coast/Cagdianao) - Dinagat Is., Diwalwal (NRMDC) - Monkayo, Surigao del Norte Davao de Oro b. Rio Tuba (Rio Tuba Mining), Batarraza, Palawan 1.609 km a. 1.609 km b. 1.709 km c. 1.909 km c. Diwalwal (NRMDC) - Monkayo, Davao de Oro d. 1.809 km d. Taganito (Taganito Mining) - Taganito, Surigao del Norte This is a variety of magnetism wherein a substance Which formation can one find the skarns in Larap? Universal Formation (e.g. mineral) is weakly attracted to strong magnets, paramagnetism becomes magnetized in an external magnetic field, but loses its magnetization when the external field is a. Tigbinan Formation removed. b. Paracale Granodiorite c. Universal Formation d. Vinas Formation The guidelines on Engineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment is covered by which administrative order of DENR? Suppose that a quarry wall faces due north and exposes a quartzite bed with an apparent dip of 40, DAO 2000-28 N90W. Near the quarry the quartzite can be seen to a. DAO 2000-28 strike N25E. What is the true dip? b. DAO 2000-97 a. 44 d. DAO 2000-42 c. DAO 2000-56 43 b. 42 c. 43 d. 45 . What mineral is being sold as Zambales jade? Garnet a. Epidote b. Orthopyroxene c. Garnet d. Olivine These isolines in maps indicate equal gravitational acceleration. isogal palawan The only known commercial deposit of mercury in the Philippines is found in ______. a. isopach b. isobar c. isotherm d. isogal Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) In a porphyry copper mineralization, what is the The term "geochemistry" was first coined in 1838 by alteration zone where there are presence of the this chemistry professor of the University of Basel in minerals epidote, chlorite, calcite quartz, gypsum, Switzerland. pyrite, zeolite? Christian Friedrich Schönbein Propylitic a. Victor M. Goldschmidt a. Propylitic b. Gustav Kirchhoff b. Phyllic c. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev c. Argillic d. Christian Friedrich Schönbein d. Potassic The cost of producing the ore (mining, refining and It is the process of detecting and monitoring the reclamation) will be Php25/ton. The eastern deposit physical characteristics of an area by measuring its contains 20 million tons of potential ore. The reflected and emitted radiation at a distance western copper deposit contains 80 million tons of (typically from satellite or aircraft). potential ore but would be producing near the migratory path and breeding area of the mule deer. Remote Sensing Environmental protection of the area surrounding a. Global Positioning System b. Geographic Information System Php 2,000,050,000.00 production costs. What will be the total production d. Remote Sensing costs for each deposit? a. Php 500,000,000.00 An exploration drill has a 96 mm hole diameter and b. Php 250,000,000,000.00 63.5 mm core diameter. What size is it? HQ the pit will add Php50,000 to the final total c. Ground Penetrating Radar c. Php 2,000,050,000.00 d. Php 500,000.00 a. NQ b. PQ c. HQ The ________ the wavelength, the higher the frequency. d. NX The ______ the wavelength, the lower the frequency. Shorter, longer Which gold deposit was operated by Apex Masara a. Shorter, lower b. Shorter, higher Exploration and Mining Company? c. Higher, shorter d. Shorter, longer a. Masara b. Acupan c. Placer In what article of the GSP Code of Ethics stipulates d. Thanksgiving the relation of geologist to co-professionals? IV It is a mathematical function by which 2D φλ b. IV Geographic coordinates ( , ) are transformed into c. I 2D Cartesian map coordinates (x,y). map projection a. III d. II a. GIS b. ellipsoid c. datum d. map projection Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) The pit from which tailings of Marcopper spilled. Which of the following is not an example of VMS deposit mine? Tapian pit a. Dapitan pit b. Tapian pit Mankayan a. Bicobian c. Tibanban pit b. Bagacay d. Palian pit c. Rapu-Rapu d. Mankayan Which of the following guano type classification has Phosphatized guano the highest phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5) A quartz vein deposit was recently discovered in an content? existing gold mine. The vein deposit was first intercepted by a diamond drill at elevation 850 a. Phosphatized guano meters. A second diamond drill hole also b. Phosphatic soil intercepted the same gold bearing deposit at lower c. Cave guano elevation of 820 meters but 30 meters further to the d. Fresh guano 45 degrees left (west). If the gold bearing quartz vein deposit maintains uniform thickness throughout, what is the What kind of deposit is found in Thanksgiving Mine? dip of the vein? Contact Metasomatic Deposit a. Porphyry copper deposit a. 35 degrees (skarn) b. Hydrothermal Deposit b. 40 degrees c. 50 degrees c. Copper Gold System d. Contact Metasomatic Deposit (skarn) d. 45 degrees What geochemical sampling activity produces The Opol Prospect for nickel mining is found in catchment area polygon as an output? Misamis Oriental Ridge and Spur a. Soil Trenching a. Aurora b. Misamis Oriental c. Palawan b. Stream Sediment Sampling d. Davao Oriental c. Grid Soil Sampling d. Ridge and Spur It is a working group composed of various government, non-government, civil sector and It is the Philippine passage with the title of "An Act private sector organizations of the Government of prohibiting the Extraction of Gravel and Sand from the Republic of the Philippines established by Beaches and providing penalties thereof." Batas Pambansa Blg. 265 a. Batas Pambansa Blg. 124 b. Batas Pambansa Blg. 126 c. Batas Pambansa Blg. 215 d. Batas Pambansa Blg. 265 Republic Act 10121 of 2009 and is administered by National Disaster Risk the Office of the Civil Defense under the Reduction and Management Department of National Defense. Council a. Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards b. Mines and Geosciences Bureau c. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council d. Geohazard Mapping and Assessment Council Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) You are driving a horizontal adit at the 1200 meter This department gives the permit for coal level to reach a vertically dipping vein whose exploration. outcrop appears at 1300 meter elevation. The slope between the portal and the outcrop is about 45 20 days DOE a. DOE degrees. You are advancing at 5 meters per day. b. DPWH How long will it take you to hit the vein? c. DENR d. DA a. 20 days b. 30 days The highest grade/rank coal. c. 50 days d. 40 days anthracite Papua, Indonesia a. anthracite b. peat Grasberg Mine is considered to be one of the c. bituminous largest gold mines in the world. Where is it located? d. lignite a. Witwatersrand, South Africa . Which of the following is an ideal Cr:Fe ratio for b. Mponeng, South Africa metallurgical grade chromite? c. Papua, Indonesia . Port Moresby, South Africa 3:1 a. 2:1 b. 1.6:1 RA 8749 This law is otherwise known as "Philippine Clean Air c. 1:3 Act of 1999". d. 3:1 Ore texture that often represents rapid nucleation Choose among the following choices a mineral/ due to extremely changeable conditions such as element that will never occur as a pathfinder and intermittent boiling/pressure? Crustiform Banding a. Drusy Texture b. Crustiform Banding geochemical indicator for gold: all choices are considered plausible a. selenium b. lead c. Cockade Texture c. copper d. USTs d. antimony e. all choices are considered plausible An oil with an API Gravity of 22.3-31.1 is considered as? Medium oil a. Bitumen b. Medium oil c. Light oil d. Heavy oil Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Which of the following describes the geologic Local guano deposits in the Philippines are confined setting for iron skarn deposits in the Philippines? to limestone caves and caves which are the natural habitat or breeding ground of birds (swallows) and They occur in a geologic a. Magnetite concentrations in beach and alluvial bats. Under favorable conditions, their excreta and sand. remains accumulate to such an extent that workable setting in which limestone or guano deposits are formed. They are light to dark calcareous sediments are b. They occur in small low-grade deposits with much brown, fluffy or feather-like in touch, and show wide intruded by a younger manganese, phosphorus, water, clay, and other variability from average of 1.50 to 36.00 percent in intermediate to acidic pluton, impurities. phosphorous pentoxide content. The local guano being developed not far from deposits are classified into (1) fresh guano; (2) the margins of the intrusive c. They occur in a geologic setting in which contact into the limestone or calcareous sediments are intruded by a metasomatized younger intermediate to acidic pluton, being limestone/calcareous developed not far from the margins of the intrusive sedimentary rock. contact into the metasomatized Their individual high-grade deposits carry as much as 39.70 percent of total phosphorous pentoxide phosphatic soil; and (3) phosphatized guano. Which of the following describes the phosphatized guano? a. Their individual high-grade deposits carry as much as 39.70 percent of total phosphorous limestone/calcareous sedimentary rock. pentoxide d. They are considered to have originated as spring b. Contains nitrogen from less than 1 to 6 percent emanations. c. Produced by the mixing of transported soil material with droppings and remains of bats and It is a kind of mitigating measure, consisting of a birds deposited inside the cave stone, concrete units or slabs. It is built to protect a scarp, the foot or a cliff or a dune, a dike or a d. Samples gathered from several caves yield total seawall against erosion by wave action, storm surge Revetment and currents. phosphorous pentoxide of about 4 to 12 percen a. Revetment The process of extracting one material from another b. Groins c. Spur dikes by washing with a solvent; as in washing of loaded Elution d. Sea wall ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions. This process is used by FCF in extracting gold by electrotwinning Which of the following is not a VMS deposit? · Line orientations in space relative to geographic Larap Mine a. Barlo Mine Compass bearing b. Hixbar Mine directions · c. Larap Mine d. Bagacay Mine iron oxide hematite, magnetite, limonite, naturally occurring iron is found mainly as minerals of __________________ these are principal iron minerals geothite, siderite Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) red ocher this is the red earthy variety of hematite specularite the metallic variety of hematite Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) lodestone iron can also be its own magnet called __________ The percentage of the total metal or industrial Recovery ilocos norte, CamNorte, mineral contained in the ore that is recovered in the concentrate. 11 important iron districts in the philippines Cotabato, Nueva Vizcaya, Surigao, Cagayan Valley, In point counting, each mineral occurrence along a Marinduque, Zamboanga, 2000 Samar, Bulacan, Davao series of traverse line across a given thin section is counted. How many points should be counted for a statistically valid result? skarn, magnetite sand, laterite these types of iron ore deposit are the most important Within the Baguio District, where can you find the bonanza deposits occur within the brecciaed rim of the Balaoc plug. this type of iron deposit is dubbed as the most skarn important. Also, iron in this type of deposit occur with other metals such as Au, Cu, Pb, and Z. a. Mankayan Acupan b. Ilogon-Suyoc Beach sand mining remains prohibited in the Philippines with the passage of _____________ "An Act Batas Pambansa Blg. 265 c. Acupan Prohibiting the Extraction of Gravel and Sand from Beaches and Providing Penalties Thereof" which was d. None of the above approved on Nov. 13, 1982 Numerous occurrences of porphyry-type Theoretically, it is possible to produce a concentrate 34.5% Cu mineralization that have been identified. of 100% Cu if the principal ore is the element itself however if the principal ore is chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) a. Zambales deposit the best concentrate would only be how much? All of the above X-ray diffraction (using a What is method best used for identifying clay diffractogram) mineral structures? b. Marinduque deposit c. Sipalay, Negros deposit Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) This equipment is particularly valuable in the study d. All of the above of limestones, sandstones, shales, clays, and placer materials. The copper deposits of Lepanto consolidated mining company located at Mankayan, Benguet. · This technique allows the measurement of much electron and ion probe microanalyzers lower concentrations of heavy elements than the a. Cyprus type electron microprobe and has been widely used in the search for the location of gold and PGM in metallurgical testing. vein type c. Porphyry type radioactive minerals emit alpha and beta particles which can be recorded on photographic film or Autoradiography b. Vein type d. Besshi type emulsions in contact with the minerals, thus revealing their location in a rock or ore. What method is this? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) The biggest single deposit of refractory chromite in Mine which is located at Paracale, Camarines Norte the Philippines a. Maricalum Mining Corporation a. Palawan zambales b. Surigao United Paragon Mining Corporation b. Marcopper Mining Corporation c. United Paragon Mining Corporation c. Samar d. Manila Mining Corporation d. Zambales in united paragon mining corp. , what is the mineral The copper deposit contains recoverable commodity of the mine? concentrations of molybdenum a. Copper a. Philex Mining Corporation Maricalum Mining Corporation Gold b. Silver b. Maricalum Mining Corporation c. Nickel c. Benguet-Dizon Copper Gold Operation d. Gold d. Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated what mining company caused the acid mine One of the largest producers of nickel in the Lafayette Mining LTD. country located in Palawan. the massive fishkills in rapu-rapu on 2006 & 2007? a. Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation Cd & Cu water contamination Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation b. Hinatuan Mining Corporation c. Taganito Mining Corporation drainage spill from their tailings pond that caused Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes what heavy metals were contaminating the waters that triggered the fishkill in rapu rapu? In March 2006, he was tasked to head the investigation regarding the rapu-rapu fishkills. d. Ilogon-Suyoc Mines, Incorporated In april 2021, duterte signed this order lifting mining bans to maximize revenue by mining companies. The Nickel ores characterized by high iron content (4050%), and relatively low nickel (0.5-15%), cobalt (0.25-2%), magnesia (<5%), and silica (<10%). EO overturns a portion of an EO signed by thenEO 130 president Benigno Aquino III in 2012, which had barred the signing of new mineral agreements "until a legislation rationalizing existing revenue sharing a. Saphrolite type schemes and mechanisms shall have taken effect." Limonite type b. Besshi type on april 2021, after duterte lifted the bans on mining companies, several companies made imoressions in c. Limonite type Lepanto Consolidated Mining d. Cyprus type the Philippine stock market. Of the companies that comprised the mining index, which company merged the biggest winner, gaining 9.6%? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) On november 3, 2020, The world's largest pink diamond mine has shut its doors after exhausting its the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is the basic unit for SiO4^4- reserves of the expensive gems in the remote The Argyle mine building crystal structures or silicate minerals. What is its net charge? Kimberley region of Western Australia, which churned out more than 90% of the world's pink It is a non-destructive analytical technique used to diamonds - sought after for their incredible rarity. What is the name of the mine? determine the elemental composition of materials. It XRF determines the chemistry of a sample by measuring the fluorescent (or secondary) X-ray emitted from a More than 40% of the mineable coal reserves of the Semirara Island sample when it is excited by a primary X-ray source Philippines have been estimated for _________ which is located in Western Visayas. An exploration drill has a 75.7 mm hole diameter What is indicated by this geological symbol? vertical joints and 47.6 mm core diameter. What size is it? NQ NQ NX HQ nickel PQ What is indicated by this geological symbol? volcanic tuff Iligan City horizontal bedding What metal is primarily produced after processing in a high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) processing plant? In geology, what is Adobe? Where can you find Maria Cristina Falls? Which among the rock formations in the Philippines is the oldest? These are recurring costs that the company absorbs Variable costs with each unit sold. These vary depending on a Bacuit Formation Lubuagan Formation increases and falling as production decreases. Labayug Formation A coal seam was drilled at four points delineating an Which of the following is an advantage of a vector area of four sides with the following results: (see 3, 076, 465 data over a raster data? image below). Compute the total tonnage of coal present within the block if the coal seam dips 30 easy and efficient overlaying degrees and the specific gravity of coal is 1.4. provides precise locational You are driving a horizontal adit at the 700 meter information of points level to reach a vertically dipping vein whose 35 days group by using palette between the portal and the outcrop is about 30 degrees. You are advancing at 10 meters per day. high spatial variability is efficiently represented How long will it take you to hit the vein? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Which of the following geophysical methods is appropriate for the exploration of underground water supplies? electrical resistivity provides precise locational information of points pixel values can be modified individually or in a outcrop appears at 900 meter elevation. The slope Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Bacuit Formation Liminangcong Formation company's production volume, rising as production The maximum area that a mineral agreement can 200 blocks cover onshore for partnerships, cooperatives, associations or corporations, in the entire Philippines. magnetic electrical resistivity The operating cost for a gold mine is 2500 PhP/ton. ground-penetrating radar electromagnetic 2.60 g/ton The recovery at the mill is 80%. At a gold price of 1200 PhP/g, what is the break- even cutoff grade of gold in g/ton? The Late Oligocene - Early Miocene alkaline intrusive complexes in Northern Luzon are As part of the application for Environmental associated with alkaline-hosted mineralization. Compliance Certificate (ECC), the Department of Which of these gold deposits are not alkalineSiana Au Environment and Natural Resources Administrative hosted? Runruno Au-Mo Order 2000-28 requires an additional requirement of Cherry Hills Landslide in Rizal Geohazard Assessment Report (EGGAR) covering Marian Au subdivision, housing and other land development Didipio Cu-Au and infrastructure projects. Which of these events Siana Au led to the creation of DAO 2000-28? * In a copper mine, the revenue per tonne of ore is Which of the following is the "Geology Profession expected to be PhP 2,000. The cost to mine and 12 Act of 2012"? treat that tonne, and to recover and sell the saleable commodity is PhP 800 per tonne. The cost to remove one tonne of waste is PhP 100. What is the producing an Engineering Geological and Republic Act No. 10166 Republic Act No. 9275 Republic Act No. 10166 break-even waste ratio? Republic Act No. 9003 Republic Act No. 7942 These are the associated nonmetallic materials of a gangue minerals deposit. Usually discarded in the treatment of ore. Sometimes referred to as waste. capacity steeply dipping faults The maximum load of solid particles a stream can These faults appear as nearly straight lines across rugged topography on geologic maps Which of the following is not a main principle transport per unit time governing the operation and application of PMRC? * A certain volume of sand is said to have a porosity 27 500 000 cm3 of 0.25 and the volume of voids contained in this Integrity Transparency sand is 6.875m3. What is the total volume of the Materiality sand? Integrity Competence 6 years The total term for an Exploration Permit for metallic minerals is: The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 1586 System is under Presidential Decree No. ______ which was ratified on June 11, 1978. Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) SiO2 vs FeO A Harker diagram is a binary plot typically showing In 1920s, the oil industry was dominated by seven (7) _____. major companies termed by Enrico Mattei as the "seven sisters". Which of the following is European- Naphthenes A major group of hydrocarbon with a general formula of CnH2n. based? Shell Mobil Shell During an exploration drilling, an RQD of 60% was Fair Chevron determined on a single operational run length. What Gulf is its qualitative equivalent? You are a grade control supervisor in a nickel mine What is the last phase in a petroleum exploration given with the latest draught survey for your current program? resource estimation seismic survey shipment: (see image below). The mine manager 18 basin modeling many passes should be made per truck load to drilling reach the targeted 24 Lots? Ore density is at 1.1. Which of these sampling methods is best to apply Which of these Philippine gemstones is a Cr-rich for vein deposits? * vein Sampling along the strike Bulk sampling garnet? Zambales Jade Zambales Jade Sampling perpendicular to the vein 1996 Mindoro Jade Who is the current director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau? gold, silver, chromite On what year did the Marcopper mining disaster occur? Tektites Bloodstone Sampling at random intervals Atty. Wilfredo G. Moncano samples for your saprolite shipment. Assuming that there are 10 sublots/lot and 12 trips/sublot, how resource estimation Sampling perpendicular to the then asked you to reach at Lot 24 for your shipment Based on Executive Order No. 79, small scale mining shall be limited to the following commodities only: When was the 7.8 magnitude earthquake along the July 1990 Digdig Fault segment of the Philippine Fault that devastated cities in Luzon such as Baguio City? * 2-10 kg on rock sampling, what is the sample size required for coarse-grained rocks (grain sizes 1 cm-1 dm)? A high grade gold vein was sampled by channel sampling and showed the following assays: (see the It is a metallurgical process involving gas-solid Roasting reactions at elevated temperatures with the goal of 6.58MT purifying the metal. image below). Assuming that the samples were taken at regular intervals, what is the average grade of the gold vein? * 0/1 Process in which minerals that form natural solid exsolution solutions in each other, and at determined lower Indonesia intergrowths. Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Sour gas The Busang incident happened in what country? temperatures unmix to yield distinguishable mineral Natural gas with relatively high content of hydrogen bouger In a gravity survey, correction due to topography is as Day 3 Geol Board Exam (byknown Geol. Franz) Cu and Zn Brass is an alloy of what elements? sulfide is known as ______. * Which of the following is listed as an active volcano force majeure It is a legal term excusing a company from completing its side of the bargain. by PHIVOLCS? Musuan Consider the following table, showing the data Musuan Kalatungan Apo obtained from series of channel samples from a drift 1.79 meters stoping width is 1.5 meters. (Please see the table Balut Fe skarn EO 130, s. 2021 below). What is the average width of vein? It is the most widely mined skarn deposit in the world. longer, shorter _______ lifted the nine-year moratorium on granting new mining permits in the Philippines. 5°-21° north latitude, 116°-127° Where in the following coordinates will you find the east longitude Philippines? on a steeply dipping gold vein. The minimum electrical capacitance The ________ the wavelength, the lower the frequency. The ______ the wavelength, the higher the frequency. * What operative physical property does an induced polarization survey measure? The presence of biotite, k-feldspar and magnetite are characteristic of what hydrothermal alteration zone? Loss of ignition (LOI) is the weight loss that occurs 700 °C when the powdered sample is heated to ___, at which Potassic point all the remaining volatiles are released. * Phyllic Potassic Argillic Propylitic It is a mathematical operation defining the change convolution very strong of shape of a waveform resulting from its passage through a filter. * Which does not hold true for iron laterite deposits in 1/1 the Philippines? A correlation coefficient of ± .81 to ± 0.99 indicates Comprise the surficial 10 to 15 meters of soil over _________ linear relationship. The maximum area that an exploration permit can 200 blocks cover onshore for partnerships, corporations, mafic and ultramafic rocks Those over ultramafic rocks are aluminous and those over Those over ultramafic rocks are nickeliferous and mafic rocks are nickeliferous those over mafic rocks are aluminous cooperatives or associations, in any one province. * Those over ultramafic rocks are aluminous and those over mafic rocks are nickeliferous This type of freshwater is used for primary contact Class B recreation such as bathing, swimming, skin diving, purposes). Lutopan Diorite Have two deposit types: nickeliferous and aluminous etc (particularly those designated for tourism June 1991 The oldest intrusive in the Philippines is part of what formation? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Jose M. Feliciano When did Mt. Pinatubo erupt? Who was the first president of the Geological Society of the Philippines (GSP)? Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) histogram t is a statistical term that refers to a graph of This is a visual representation of the data distribution frequency vs. value. Histogram most Cu weight percentage? Atomic mass: Cu=63.55; S=32.07; Fe=55.93 In typical porphyry copper deposits, the core area potassic alteration sinistral fault where mode and possible outliers can be easily determined. Which of the following sulfide minerals contains the Chalcocite represented through vertical rectangles or bars within a concentric shell-shaped zone of alteration contains: A fault in which the right block appears to have moved away from the observer Which of the following is a product of continent-arc primary or hypogene deposits collision? Deposited during the original period or periods of metallization. Taiwan Taiwan vector-based data structure made for storing terrain Moluccas information in digital terrain modelling in which each Iceland sample point has xy coordinate and a height, or z TIN value. All the points are connected by edges to The economical mineral in chromium ore is chromite form a network of non-overlapping triangles that 40% collectively represent the terrain surface. This 500 meters (FeO•Cr2O3). Commercial chromium ores usually network is known as contain how much percent of Cr2O3? The distance between two points on a 1:10,000 map Lithophiles are elements that remain or close to the surface. They combine readily with oxygen, forming is 5 centimeters. What is the real distance on the compounds that do not sink into the core. Which of ground? 200 mg Mindoro-Panay the following is not a lithophile element? Zn A carat is equal to ________ U V range In variograms, this represents the maximum distance Zn which sample pairs can be said to have some Sc relationship to their separation distance. Which of the following elements is considered a The minimum authorized cost of capitalization for PHP 10,000,000.00 common pathfinder for Au-Ag vein type deposits? the mining applicant for an Exploration Permit, Mineral Agreement, and FTAA As Se As B It is an analytical technique used to determine the Li crystallographic structure of a material. It works by XRD irradiating a material with incident X-rays and then measuring the intensities and scattering angles of Surigao del Norte The Boyongan deposit is located in what province the X-rays that leave the material. Chuquicamata Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) this type of modal analysis method is when each point counting following scales will you use? 1:5,000 true or false: 1:100,000 false 1:5,000 chemical analysis is required in point counting. 1:50,000 - point counting can be applied to foliated and Heritage Resources and Mining Corporation, the Cambayas - 600 MT; Rio Chico - 2,400 MT chromite concentrates has the following chromite stockpiles ready for export to China: (see image below). How much ore will you get from each banded rocks partly true (should only be sampled at right angles to the True banding) Partly True False stockpile to produce a blended export shipment of Partly False 3,000 MT assaying 46% Cr2O3 and 1.82 SiO2? Consider the following table, showing the data obtained from series of channel samples from a drift 1.93 meters on a steeply dipping gold vein. The minimum stoping width is 1.5 meters. (Please see the table below). What is the average mining width? mineral occurrence along a series of traverse line across a given thin section is counted. 1:10,000 country's premier producer of chemical grade world Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) If you want to show on a map even the smaller details or features of a certain area, which of the it is the largest porphyry copper deposit in the true (Native gold is readily true or false: leached from milled ores by cyanide solutions, but Native gold is much cheaper to mine than refractory refractory gold resists leaching gold. and has to be roasted (after concentration) before cyaniding or leached under isogal These isolines in maps indicate equal gravitational pressure, thereby increasing acceleration. the cost of the treatment and of course decreasing the value cassiterite Which of the following is an ore of tin? of the ore) pentlandite false (Titanium ores in cassiterite anorthosites will have sphalerite significant amounts of titanium bauxite locked up in titaniferous true or false: Titanium ores in anorthosites are still recoverable. magnetite, sphene, and augite In which gold deposit type are dirty carbonates most associated? Carlin-type from which it is not recoverable) greenstone belts MVT If an orebody viewed in plan is longer in one strike Witwatersrand direction than the other we can designate this long dimension as its _________ Carlin-type ____________ produces an accurate representation of the modal analysis mantos tabular orebodies that are horizontal or sub horizontal are also called what? distribution and volume percent of a given mineral in a thin or polished section Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) VMS The most important deposit type in volcanic rocks Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) 0.5-60 Mt; 1-5% the Typical tonnages and copper grades of VMS What is the DAO which banned open-pit mines in deposits are of __________ and ________ the country for reasons that they "have ended up as perpetual liabilities [on the part of the government], This is Another form of orthomagmatic deposit is the DAO (2017)-10 nickel-copper sulfide orebody formed by the liquation deposits dumps and/or vulnerability of tailings dams to geological hazards"? magma rock in which an initial but uneconomic particularly due to the generation of acidic and/or heavy metal-laden water, erosion of mine waste sinking of an immiscible sulfide liquid to the bottom of a magma chamber containing ultrabasic or basic protore causing adverse impacts to the environment, 9 million hectares concentration of minerals is present that may by Based on estimates, how much land area of the Philippines are with high mineral potential? further natural processes be upgraded to form ore residual deposits emperical model genetic model these are deposits formed by the removal of nonore Dunaliella salina (the presence Lake hillier in goldfields-esperance Australia is color of dunalia salina + less water pink in water. What caused its pinkish color? material from protore nutrients) in mineral deposit models, this model is based on Zinc-lead-copper; zinc- descriptions. It is established by the government regarding the in mineral deposit models, this model explains environmental impact statement system. deposits in term of causative geological processes. This mineral deposit model accumulates grade and R. A. 8558 c. R. A. 8558 possible to estimate the size and grade of an d. P. D. 7942 average or large deposit and the cash flow if one were found. 0.02-2.5mm a. P. D. 1899 b. P. D. 1586 tonnage data for known deposits and from this it is grade-tonnage model What are the three classes of deposits in VMS copper; & copper It is a 25-year program which provides an operational link between the environmental The most effective grain size for magnetic protection and enhancement commitments, under separation the implementing rules and regulations of the Philippine Mining Act, as the issued environmental 0.01-0.3mm - Whats the most effective grain size for froth EPEP compliance certificate under P. D. 1586 flotation? a. EWP 0.12-1.4mm b. AEPEP This is the most effective milling grain size for c. ECC electrostatic separation d. EPEP In chalcopyrite ores that may contain cubanite, Roasted (the ore must be which is a magnetic mineral, what is to be done in roasted in order to destroy the order to remove the magnetism in cubanite as to magnetism of the cubanite) lessen the copper loss in the pyrrhotite concentrate? is the Franz) current MGB director? Day Wilfredo 3 GeolMoncano Board Exam (byWho Geol. Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) It is the policy of the State to assure the availability, The line bureau of the DENR who is responsible for sustainability and equitable distribution of the implementing laws, rules, regulations and policies country's natural resources through technically, on the mineral resources management and development. financially, socially, culturally and environmentally responsible manner towards the generation of the sustainable development Mines and Geosciences Bureau wealth creation without sacrificing the needs and a. EMB demands of tomorrow's generation. b. Mines and Geosciences Bureau c. Bureau of Soil d. Bureau of Agriculture a. sustainable development b. Pro-God c. Pro-People The cash fund needed by the contractor in mine d. responsible activity It is a yearly program submitted at the start of each AEPEP rehabilitation. PhP 5,000,000.00 a. PhP 5,000,000.00 year which provides an operational link between the b. 10% of its annual gross earning environmental protection and enhancement c. above PhP 5,000,000.00 commitments, under the implementing rules and d. 5% net income regulations of the P. D. 1586. It is the stage in the environmental impact statement a. EWP system where information and assessment b. AEPEP requirements are established to provide the c. ECC proponent with the scope of work of the d. annual environmental management plan scoping environmental impact statement. It is a mine organization, provided under the P. D. a. research 7942, which will marshal the corporate resources b. scoping needed to implement the environmental c. feasibility management programs of the company. d. technical paper a. safety office The document required of proponents describing mine environmental protection and enhancement office b. CLRF the environmental impacts of mitigation and c. mine rescue team enhancement measures for projects or undertakings d. mine environmental protection and enhancement office initial environmental examination located in an environmentally critical area. a. EWP The government official authorized to suspend b. multipartite monitoring team mining /quarrying operations in case of imminent c. EIS danger to the environment, public, property and d. initial environmental examination health. Regional Director of Mines a. DENR Secretary b. Under Secretary c. President d. Regional Director of Mines Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) It is the exposure of public health or the An isolated ore body, or an enrichment of limited environment to toxic substances, hazardous or vertical and horizontal extent in a massive, bedded organic wastes, extraction to natural resources, or or vein deposit activities or structures that could endanger life, public risk health, property, or the environment. Lenticular or Pocket a. Massive b. Tabular a. public risk c. Lenticular or Pocket b. critical area d. Stringer. c. public hazard d. health problem These are persons who may be significantly affected by the projects or undertaking such as, but not Dome salt is classified as: Placer deposit a. Placer deposit b. Massive deposit limited to members of the local community, industry, c. Beddeddeposit LGU, NGO and people's organization. d. Vein type a. permitte Sediments and other accumulations of solid stakeholders b. proponent particles produced by the mechanical and/or c. contractor d. stakeholders chemical disintegration of rocks, and usually having Detritus a low cohesive strength and very low compressive strength. The monitoring trust fund to be maintained should a. Detritus b. colloids c. humus d. loam be PhP 50,000.00 The ferruginous deposit filling the upper part of a. Php 50,000,000 some mineral veins forming a superficial cover over b. PhP 25,000,000 masses of pyrite. It consists mainly of hydrated iron c. PhP 5,000,000 d. PhP 50,000.00 oxide and has resulted from the removal of sulfur as Gossan well as the copper or other sulfides originally present. The staff bureau of the DENR who is responsible for implementing laws, rules, regulations and policies EMB on the environment. a. Country rock b. Gossan c. Limonite d. Ore shoot a. BFAR It is not a mineral but an aggregate of minerals and b. EMB c. MGB Mine Rehabilitation Fund Committee Clay other colloidal substances. d. DENR a. Quicksand b. Diatoms c. Clay d. Talus It is the body created by the bureau of mines and A colorless, translucent to transparent variety that geosciences regional office that administers the mine rehabilitation fund. occurs mainly in low temperature veins in gneisses Adularia and schists. a. Sienna b. Adularia c. Oligoclase d. Sanidine Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) Apex Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) The top of terminal edge of the vein on the surface It is a mass formed by deposition of material about a or its nearest point to the surface. nucleus. Some of these are roughly spherical, whereas others assume a great variety of shapes. a. Aureole b. Tip c. Acme d. Apex Concretion c. Stalactite of the earth. They consist of elongated basins, which d. Colloform become filled with very great thickness. Geosyncline a. Geode b. Concretion Major structural and sedimentation unit of the crust a. Geosyncline Which of the following mineral habits and b. Eugeosyncline aggregates best describe the appearance of Mica? c. Geanticline d. Lithosphere Foliated and lamellar a. Radiating and globular b. Fibrous and reticulated c. Mamillary and botryoidal The large scale deformation of the earth's crust that d. Foliated and lamellar produces continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, etc. Diastrophism quartz b. Volcanism Today's largest diamond producer worldwide. c. Geosynclinal formation d. Diastrophism De Beers Grit most common mineral in the earth's crust. a. Tectonism a Western Mining Corp. b. Placer Dome, Inc. The coarse sandstone with very angular fragments. c. De Beers It was probably deposited at the mouth of last d. Newmont flowing river. A term used to describe a mineral that does not vary a. Graywacke b. Grit c. Quartzite d. Arkose in color because of certain light-absorbing atoms that form an essential part of its make-up. The smooth, curved fracture resembling the interior surface of a shell. This is most commonly observed Idiochromatic Conchoidal Fracture a. Opaque b. Transparent in such substances as glass and quartz. c. Idiochromatic d. Monochromatic a. Conchoidal Fracture b. Hackly fracture c. Fibrous and splintery fracture The micro-quantitative analysis of soil and water d. Uneven or Irregular fracture. The term used to describe the tenacity of minerals in Sectile which they can be cut into thin shavings with a knife. samples. Geochemistry a. Radiometric measurements b. X-ray analysis c. Geochemistry a. Brittle b. Malleable c. Sectile d. Ductile Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) d. Spectrographic analysis Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) The chronological order in the sequence of mineral It applies knowledge of genesis and occurrence of mineral deposits, structural mapping and mineralogical and petrography analyses to discover, Paragenesis deposition. define, and appraise mineral prospects. a. Zoning b. Paragenesis c. Sorting d. Gradation a. Geological prospecting A method of discovery, normally limited to visual Geological prospecting b. Appraisal examination o either the exposure (outcrop) of the c. Assessment deposit of the loose fragments (floats) that have d. Investigation weathered away from the outcrop. Direct A basic drainage pattern forming branching like a. Direct trees. b. Indirect c. Grasshopper Dendritic d. Surface a. Trellis b. Dendritic c. Radial d. Rectangular the solid petroleum that occurs as a component of shale. A basic drainage pattern forming ring-like tributaries Trellis intercepting radial streams. Kerogene a. Annular b. Rectangular c. Parallel d. Trellis a. Tar b. Kerosene c. Kerogene d. Coal A mineral deposit of tabular form lying horizontally It is a liquid, very viscous hydrocarbon not or subhorizontally and is commonly parallel to extractable from oil wells. stratification of the enclosing rocks. Bedded deposit Tar a. Petroleum a. Porphyry deposit b. Kerosene b. Massive deposit c. Crude oil c. Bedded deposit d. Tar d. Coal seam These deposits are formed in the zone adjacent to magma with soluble or replaceable rocks. A mineralized zone having a more or less regular development in length, width, and depth to give it a Vein tabular form and commonly inclined at a Contact-metamorphicdeposits a. Contact-metamorphicdeposits b. Sedimentary enriched deposits considerable angle to the horizontal. c. Pegmatite deposits a. Bonanza b. Vein c. Dike d. Gossan d. Replacement deposits Siliceous deposit of a sedimentary nature whose Any known body of mineral occurrence with a main constituent is redistributed silica. potential to become an ore body worthwhile mining. Chert a. Siliceous ore Mineral deposit b. Prospect c. Slag c. Mineral property d. Chert Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) d. Mineral source Day 3 Geol Board Exam (by Geol. Franz) It is the accumulated excreta and remains of birds Other name of metamorphogenetic type of massive and bats. It is an important source of phosphorous copper sulfide deposit. Guano Besshi a. Mineral deposit b. Silica