A W ORLD OF R ESOURCES Objective: To discover that worldwide cooperation is necessary to make most products. A Few Facts In today's world, no country is truly self-suffi cient; not one can produce all of the different needed to maintain its own economy and society. Larger countries (because of their size) come close to self-suffi ciency, but none have achieved it yet. The economics of entire nations can depend on resources. Half of the world's known gold reserves are in South Africa; petroleum is in Arab nations, in Chile and other minerals and in Canada, Siberia and Peru. The U.S. has to import: • 100% of the bauxite needed to make aluminum • 39% of the chromium needed to make stainless steel • 63% of its tungsten (used in light bulbs and special steels) • 100% of its graphite, manganese, strontium, and vanadium • 80% of its tin (for cans and containers); 76% of its zinc (for food and medicine); 73% of its potash (a necessary fertilizer to grow food) • 57% of its petroleum (to provide the energy we all use) (sources: USGS and DOE) S tudent Page Classroom Experience Who comes closest to self-suffi ciency? Group students into six teams for the six main continents. Let each team explore Read More About It! and determine who controls the majority of the world's resources. Is there a concentration of minerals in one major area of a continent? In just one country? Check out this book for your class: On which countries does the U.S. most depend for minerals? • In Coal Country by Judith Assign different metals to the class to fi nd out: Headershot; Knopf Why is more lead, gold and platinum recycled than aluminum? Why doesn't the U.S. mine bauxite? Dig A Little Deeper • What effect, if any, does the availability of na tural resources have on your life-style? Has the need for resources ever caused war? • What causes famine in some countries? Is it lack of food or politics? • Can a country maintain its independence and quality of life without a dependable supply of natural resources? If yes, for how long? If no, what can that country do to continue its existence?

Note: Check any current event involving confl ict. Does the scarcity of resources play a role? Remember, resources include the Earth's natural resources and man-made resources. Integrating the Curriculum 1. Explore how important it is to speak the language of those countries from which one wishes to buy natural resources. 2. What effect did the gold rush have on the settlement of the western frontier? On the United States? Some children might explore the origin of the word "sourdough" and then make sourdough bread. 3. What are the diffi culties of extracting minerals from the Earth? Is it different in Alaska than it is in South Af- rica? 4. There is a feeling of brotherhood among people involved in producing resources. Suggest students discuss, role play or research why this might be so. (Note: farmers feel brotherhood, so do loggers and cowboys.) 5. Learn songs dealing with each of the resources. Oklahoma! (where the corn grows…), Home on the Range , etc.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 27 Where Do Our Resources Come From? Something as common as a light bulb is made from the minerals and metals from nearly a dozen different countries.

Using other reference sources, fi nd the reason why different metals are needed to make a light bulb, and the major countries where these metals are produced. Bulb Gas Softglassisgenerallyused,madefrom Usually a mixture of nitrogen Support wires silica, trona (soda ash), lime, coal, and and argon to retard evaporation Molybdenum wires support salt. Hard glass, made from the same of the fi lament. the fi lament. minerals, is used for some lamps to withstand higher temperatures and for Button & Button Rod protection against breakage. Glass,madefromthesamematerialslisted Filament for the bulb (plus lead), is used to support Usually is made of tungsten. The fi la- and to hold the tie wires in it. ment may be a straight wire, a coil, or Heat Defl ector a coiled-coil. Used in higher wattage bulbs to reduce the Lead-in-wires circulation of hot gases into the neck of Made of copper and nickel to carry the bulb. It's made of aluminum. the current to and from the fi lament. Base Tie Wires Made of brass (copper and zinc) or Molybdenum wires support lead-in aluminum. One lead-in wire is soldered to wires. the center contact and the other soldered Stem Press to the base. The wires in the glass are made of a Don't forget the mineral fuels needed to combination of nickel-iron alloy core generate the electricity to light up the bulb. In and a copper sleeve. the United States, these are the sources of our fuels used to generate electricity. Fuse Protects the lamp and circuit if Natural Coal Nuclear Hydro Gas Oil Other the fi lament arcs. Made of nickel, manganese, copper and/or silicon 45% 20% 7% 23% 2% 3% alloys. Source: Energy Information Administration

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 28 RECYCLING M ETALS Objective: To appreciate our roles in producing and sharing our natural resources. A Few Facts In the U.S., 5,500,000 metric tons of aluminum are used each year, and 37% of that is made from recycled aluminum products. But believe it or not, when it comes to recycled metals, aluminum is not the leader. The recycling of other metals isn't generally well-known because it's done by industry, not by consumers. In 2004, the recycling rate for steel from automobiles was 102%. How can that be? It means more steel was recovered by recycling old automobiles than was used that year to make new autos.

Important Metals Used and Recycled in the U.S. Kind of % Recycled Kind of metal % Recycled Aluminum 43 Magnesium 48 Aluminum in bev. cans 54 Nickel 45 Chromium 36 Tin 25 Copper 32 Titanium 47 Iron & steel 71 Zinc 30 Lead 81

Student Pag Classroom Experience e What do minerals have to do with world development? Track and research the economic, manufacturing and industrial developments and trends in mainland China and the former Soviet Union. Are the regions Read More About It! with more mineral resources being developed more rapidly? Will there be less natural famine, a higher standard of living, opportunities for a better Check out these books for your class: education, etc.? Debate the various uses for different metals – the benefi ts of one metal versus •GarbagePizza,PatchworkQuilts another for the same application. and Math Magic by Susan With mapping exercises, help the students discover that bauxite does Ohanian; W.H. Freeman and indeed occur close to the equator, while processing it into aluminum occurs Company not only in other countries, but on other continents as well . • 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do Dig A Little Deeper to Recycle; Earth Works Group Have your students form groups and research these questions: • Why is aluminum used in beverage cans, storm window and door frames, bicycles and backpacks? • If the price of aluminum increases, should we still use it to make beverage cans? • Why is recycling aluminum so popular? • Why can we make more 12-ounce cans today from a pound of aluminum than we could 20 years ago? • How can people help recycle metals other than aluminum? Integrating the Curriculum 1. Research the energy effi ciency of automobiles required by Congress and the EPA and its effect on oil self-suffi ciency. Are we producing a cleaner environment through effi ciency and innovation? Can we recycle our way to self-suffi ciency in minerals? 2. 54% of all aluminum beverage cans were recycled, yet aluminum represents about 2% of all recovered recyclables. Study your home or school trash to see what else can be recycled. 3. Help your students pick a project that supports the environment and develops community pride, such as using the proceeds from a recycling drive.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 29 Recycling Metals It's More Than Aluminum Cans Aluminum can recycling is now so effi cient that it is possible for a beverage to be purchased at a grocery store, brought home and consumed, recycled into a new aluminum can, fi lled with a product, stocked on a grocery store shelf, and sold again–all within 90 days. Recycling is good for the environment All aluminum cans are worth 6 to 20 times more than and good for the economy. any other used packaging material. It is the only packaging material that more than covers the cost of its own collection and processing at recycling centers. Aluminum recycling is popular because it involves a product that is common to a great many people; also because of the vast quantity of canned beverages that are consumed in the U.S. Where does aluminum come from Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, but most of it occurs in minerals that are too expensive to process, except for the mineral Bauxite. Bauxite deposits currently being mined are mainly found in a wide belt around the Equator. There is no bauxite mining in the United States, although small deposits exist in Georgia and Alabama. Recycling one pound of aluminum can save eight pounds Countries involved in providing aluminum, of bauxite, four pounds of chemical products, nearly 6.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity, and won't take up valuable and their % of world production. space in a landfi ll. Bauxite (Al2O3•H 2O) is mined in More than 190 million Australia ...... 34% tons of bauxite is mined Number of 12-ounce cans that can be made worldwide, each year. China ...... 17% from one pound of aluminum. Two to three tons of Brazil ...... 13% bauxite are required Guinea ...... 7% to produce one ton of Jamaica ...... 7% alumina. India ...... 7% United States ...... 0.0% Other countries ...... 16%

and processed into Cans Made per lb. of Aluminum More than 70 million Alumina (Al2O3) in 1975- 23.00 1996- 31.92 tons of Alumina is Australia ...... 25% 1980- 24.24 1997- 32.57 produced, worldwide. Two tons of alumina China ...... 19% 1985- 26.60 1998- 33.04 produces one ton of Brazil ...... 9% 1986- 27.00 1999- 33.10 aluminium metal. United States ...... 7% 1987- 27.40 2000- 33.12 NOTE: The U.S. mines Jamaica ...... 6% no bauxite but produces 1988- 28.25 2001- 33.40 7% of the world's Russia ...... 5% 1989- 29.30 2002- 33.79 alumina. 20 Other countries ...... 29% 1990- 28.43 2003- 33.72 which is further processed 1991- 28.87 2004- 33.92 (by electricity) into primary 1992- 29.29 2005- 34.01 Aluminum (Al) in 1993- 29.51 2006- 34.21 More than 33 million China ...... 18% 1994- 30.13 2007- 34.17 tons of Aluminum Metal Russia ...... 12% is produced, worldwide. United States ...... 10% 1995- 31.07 2008- 34.18 NOTE: Norway mines no bauxite, produces no Canada ...... 9% alumina, but provides Australia ...... 6% 4% of the world's Brazil ...... 5% aluminum metal. Norway ...... 4%

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 30 HOW D O W E U SE O UR L AND ? Objective: To appreciate our roles in producing and sharing our natural resources. A Few Facts Almost all property in the United States and Canada is controlled by land use regulations. Invite your local land use offi cial to visit your class to discuss local permit rules. Some interesting areas to explore are: • Land use: zoning laws, building permits, sewage disposal permits, well permits and business licenses. • Living off the land: hunting and fi shing licenses, mining and lumbering permits, housing code approval. How big is an acre? Unless you live in an agricultural community, acres and hectares are hard for most people to visualize, yet almost all land uses are related to these two measurements. • 1 acre = 43,560 sq. feet 1 hectare = 107,600 sq. feet A high school football fi eld equals about an acre. A hectare equals about 2 1⁄2 football fi elds.

Classroom Experience S Visit a football fi eld with your class. Encourage them to measure it in tudent Page many different ways. (They could measure it in time; it would take a 10-year-old nearly 3 minutes to run around one acre.) Estimate how Read More About It! many houses would fi t in that space. How large should each house and yard be? Check out these children's books for your class: Cooperatively have the class decide what support space would be needed • Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky; and shared, for roads, some open space, utility poles, etc. The class can Macmillan Children's Book Group then draw up a list of the people to be employed to develop the football • Cranberries by William Jasperson; fi eld into housing. Houghton Miffl in Research and discuss: Not all land is suitable for all uses. • Farming by Gail Gibbons; Holiday You need land (somewhere) for agriculture so you can eat. House You need land (somewhere) for houses so you have a place to live. • Refl ections of a Black Cowboy by You need land (somewhere) for mining to make the things you need. Robert Miller; Silver Burdett Press Our interdependence as a society relies on a limited amount of land and • Luck of the Roaring Camp by Bret the need to have a continual supply of resources and different uses from Harte; Dover Publications that land. Is there a land use we can really do without? Integrating the Curriculum 1. Develop a plan for a new city, with all support services as Dig A Little Deeper well as transportation to other cities. Give the class a limited • When the class has developed its plan for amount of space and have them discuss (and compromise on) the football fi eld (this can easily be done on a use of land for athletic fi elds or a homeless shelter. computer), ask a representative from the Plan- 2. Borrow soil testing materials (and an expert if you can) from ning and Zoning agency to come and discuss your local Soil Conservation Service. Test the soil around the why – or why not – building permission would school and discuss soil assays' role in land development. be given. What soil makes the best ballpark? What soil supports a • Research the building of early frontier towns and the building best? building of towns in the thirteen original colonies. Were 3. Read a report on the quarrels between ranchers and farm- housing problems different? ers in the settlement of the west. Suggest that your class • After World War II, when England was rebuilding its construct and role-play a court case involving these two cities, it provided for "green space" at specifi c distances warring factions. throughout the city. What was the reason? 4. If a television tower needed to be put in your neighborhood, how would you feel? Why? What are the alternatives?

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Let’s pretend that the picture above is your Do any animals eat the plants? property. Look at it very closely. Do you think any of the animals you see eat any Is there water? of the other animals?

Is it fresh or saltwater? Is there anything under the ground?

Does anything live in the water? Explain

Are there plants and trees? The way the land looks, does it have anything to do with the animals who live here? What animals visit or live on your propert y, the land, in the water, or in the air?

How does the underground affect the surface?

Do any animals live on or in the plants or trees? What do you think the weather is like?

Source: Alaska Mineral and Energy Resource Education Fund (AMEREF)

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Look at the property again. Draw a picture of Imagine that this property has been owned by yourself in the middle of it. your family for many, many years. Although your family has always lived in the nearby What other questions would you ask? town, most of the time in the past you have visited the property during vacation. What will you do with the property in the next How do you think you would like living here? year?

What could you do with the property in the next fi ve years? How might you use it? What do you like most about this place?

What kinds of things would you do when you are on your property? What kind of hobby You have made a land use decision. You did could you have? this based on what you know about the land and how you feel about it.

Name your property. Write a short story about As a land manager this was the fi rst of many how you spend a day there. decisions you will make about your land.

Source: Alaska Mineral and Energy Resource Education Fund (AMEREF)

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Look at the picture again. Things have Remember, when you make decisions about changed since you fi rst received your land. how to use your resources, you are making an Your family fi nds itself without a source of economic choice. income. Your property is your only means of You have just made land management decisions support. You must make a living from your based on your economic needs and wants. This is part property and provide food, shelter, and a cash of what a good land manager must do. income to provide for your other needs. When you had to make decisions about your How could you provide your food? land, were you wishing you had more land? Maybe you wanted one piece of property with which to make money and another piece of land to enjoy. The problem you faced is the same one other landowners How will you provide shelter for your family? everywhere face. There is only so much land on our Earth from which we make our living and receive pleasure. Being able to live off the land and also enjoy it, requires good problem solving and decision making What resources on your property could you use skills. Many times, land can provide more than just to make money? How would you do so? one use. Note: What might happen if you and all your neighbors created hunting lodges or recreational resorts?

Source: Alaska Mineral and Energy Resource Education Fund (AMEREF)

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 34 When a mine is fi nished, the land will be reclaimed so it can be used again, whether by man or by nature, or both.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 35 Minerals Imported by the United States In spite of its size and mineral wealth, the United States is not able to produce all of the minerals it needs to be self-suffi cient. To maintain our lifestyle and provide all of the consumer products and infrastructure we use everyday, various amounts of the following minerals must be imported from foreign countries.

United States Imports of Selected Nonfuel Minerals & Metals

50 percent

Commodity Percent Major Import Sources (2005-08)1 ARSENIC (trioxide) 100 China, Morocco, Belgium, Hong Kong ASBESTOS 100 Canada BAUXITE and ALUMINA 100 Jamaica, Brazil, Guinea, Australia CESIUM 100 Canada FLUORSPAR 100 China, Mexico, South Africa GRAPHITE (natural) 100 China, Mexico, Canada, Brazil INDIUM 100 China, Japan, Canada, Belgium MANGANESE 100 South Africa, Gabon, China, Australia MICA, sheet (natural) 100 China, Brazil, Belgium, India NIOBIUM (columbium) 100 Brazil, Canada, Germany, Estonia QUARTZ CRYSTAL (industrial) 100 China, Japan, Russia RARE EARTHS 100 China, Japan, France, Russia RUBIDIUM 100 Canada STRONTIUM 100 Mexico, Germany TANTALUM 100 Australia, China, Brazil, Japan THALLIUM 100 Russia, Germany, Netherlands THORIUM 100 United Kingdom, France, Canada VANADIUM 100 Czech Republic, Rep. of Korea, Canada, Austria YTTRIUM 100 China, Japan, France GALLIUM 99 Germany, Canada, China, Ukraine GEMSTONES 99 Israel, India, Belgium, South Africa ANTIMONY 93 China, Mexico, Belgium BISMUTH90 Belgium, China, United Kingdom, Mexico GERMANIUM 90 Belgium, China, Germany, Russia PLATINUM 89 South Africa, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada BARITE 80 China, India TIN 80 Peru, Bolivia, China, Indonesia RHENIUM 79 Chile, Netherlands DIAMOND (natural industrial stone) 78 Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, India STONE (dimension) 78 Brazil, Italy, China, Turkey ZINC 76 Canada, Peru, Mexico, Ireland COBALT 75 Norway, Russia, China, Canada POTASH73 Canada, Belarus, Germany, Russia TITANIUM MINERAL CONCENTRATES 73 South Africa, Australia, Canada, Ukraine TITANIUM (sponge) 67 Kazakhstan, Japan, China, Ukraine SILVER 63 Mexico, Canada, Peru, Chile TUNGSTEN 63 China, Germany, Canada, Bolivia PEAT 60 Canada PALLADIUM 47 Russia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Belgium NITROGEN (fixed), AMMONIA 40 Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Russia, Ukraine CHROMIUM 39 South Africa, Kazakhstan, Russia VERMICULITE 39 China, South Africa GARNET (industrial) 37 India, Australia, China, Canada DIAMOND (dust, grit and powder) 35 China, Ireland, Russia, Republic of Korea MAGNESIUM METAL 35 Canada, Israel, Russia, China MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS 28 China, Austria, Canada, Australia SILICON (ferrosilicon) 27 China, Russia, Venezuela, Canada COPPER 24 Chile, Canada, Peru, Mexico PERLITE 21 Greece 19 Canada, Mexico, Spain SALT 19 Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru ALUMINUM 18 Canada, Russia, Brazil, Venezuela NICKEL 18 Canada, Russia, Australia, Norway MICA, scrap and flake (natural) 11 Canada, China, India, Finland CEMENT 8 China, Canada, Republic of Korea, Thailand IRON and STEEL SLAG 8 Japan, Canada, Italy, France IRON and STEEL 7 Canada, European Union, China, Mexico SULFUR 4 Canada, Mexico, Venezuela PUMICE 3 Greece, Turkey, Iceland, Mexico BERYLLIUM 2 Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, Kenya, Ireland LIME 2 Canada, Mexico STONE (crushed) 2 Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas PHOSPHATE ROCK 1 Morocco 1In descending order of import share.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Information Team

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 36 THE EARTH—NATURE’S STOREHOUSE The Earth is a huge storehouse. It holds the water Mineral resources such as oil and gas, coal, copper, and food that plants need to grow. It has a great and tin, are called nonrenewable resources. Once they are supply of other natural materials. Materials people removed from the Earth, they will not be replaced in our use are called natural resources. lifetimes. However, new mineral wealth is being created by such natural forces as volcanic activity and earthquakes. Natural resources are useful materials found HOW ARE MINERAL RESOURCES on and under the Earth’s surface. You use a variety DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE EARTH? of natural resources everyday. Food is a natural Minerals are not evenly distributed in the Earth’s crust. resource—so is water. Other resources include soil, Concentrations of mineral resources profi table to extract are trees, and minerals. found in just a few small areas. Mineral deposits are really freaks of nature. In other words, a special set of circumstances happened in or on the Earth to create mineral deposits. There had to be a supply of certain elements available in the Earth, a process to concentrate them, and a host rock to trap the mineral or minerals. Many minerals like to be together, such as: quartz and gold; molybdenum, tin and tungsten; copper, lead and zinc; platinum and palladium—to name a few. The signs of a mineral deposit are often small and diffi cult to recognize. Locating deposits requires the experience and knowledge of a trained geologist. Geologists search for years before finding an economic mineral deposit. Deposit size, its mineral content, extracting effi ciency, and costs—ALL determine if a mineral resource can be profi tably developed. HOW ARE MINERAL RESOURCES USED TO SUPPLY FOOD? Our food supply depends on mineral and energy resources. Farming starts with seeds in the ground and ends WHAT ARE MINERAL RESOURCES? with food for us to eat. Plants come directly to us as fruits Mineral resources are found on and in the Earth’s crust. and vegetables—or—indirectly as food from animals that More than 3,500 different minerals have been identifi ed. supply dairy products and meat. Growing plants get food We will study three classes of mineral resources—metals, (nourishment) from minerals in the soil. Fertilizers—such nonmetals, and fuels. Copper, nickel, gold, silver, and iron are as potash, phosphate, nitrogen, and sulfur—are necessary to examples of metallic mineral resources. Common materials produce abundant crops. like sand, gravel, clay, limestone, and salt are examples of That is just a start. The farmer’s truck, tractor, and other nonmetallic mineral resources. Nonmetallic minerals are machines are made from steel and other metal products. often called industrial minerals. Minerals used for fuel are Power to operate the equipment is provided by fossil fuels oil, gas, and coal. They are called fossil fuels. Uranium is such as gasoline and diesel fuel. The food products from a metallic fuel. the farm are shipped to processors or to markets in trucks, Minerals are everywhere around us. For example, it is railway cars, and airplanes—all made from iron, manganese, estimated that more than 70 million tons of gold is in the ocean nickel, molybdenum, and aluminum and many other minerals. waters. It would be much too expensive to recover because it The roads, highways, railroads, and airports used for food is so scattered. Minerals need to be concentrated into deposits transportation are made using other mineral resources. by Earth’s natural processes to be useful to us. Food is processed using equipment made from metal. Food Some of Earth’s natural processes concentrate mineral packaging commonly is made of metal or containers made resources into valuable deposits. Moving water places sand from petroleum products (such as plastic). and gravel along stream and river banks and ocean beaches. WHAT PRODUCTS ARE MADE FROM Water erodes gold-bearing rock from upland mountains and deposits gold in gravels along some rivers and streams. MINERAL RESOURCES? Inside the Earth, rocks are melting and cooling. NearlyALL of the products we need to make our life more Melting and cooling can concentrate metals such as copper, comfortable are made from mineral resources. Our society molybdenum, nickel, and tin in a rock mass along with other as we know it today could not function without a large and common minerals like quartz and feldspar. varied supply of minerals. On the surface of the Earth, dead plants accumulated All products used at home, at play, and at work come from in swamps millions of years ago. Through time, heat and the Earth. Food, shelter, water supply, clothing, health aides, pressure, that plant material has become today’s coal. Oil and transportation, and communication all depend on mineral natural gas have come from algae, spores, and plant material. resources. We can see products made from minerals in the Minerals may be everywhere, but only in a few places are they kitchen and on the dining room table. Stoves, refrigerators, concentrated enough to make them valuable to us. dishwashers, toasters, forks, knives are good examples.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 37 Nickel, copper, stainless steel, aluminum, and silver telephones, and television sets command your attention. are necessary in cooking and eating. These products are None of these conveniences could have been made, except more convenient and long-lasting and are more benefi cial “someone” was interested in the advancement of society and to our safety and health than wooden spoons, ice boxes, knew how to use minerals. An understanding of minerals—the and dishpans. connectors so vital in today’s communications—is important. As you work with your classroom computers remember that HOW DO MINERAL RESOURCES it was just a few years ago that they were made available to CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOME AND INDUSTRY? your school. And who could have imagined what a quartz The raw materials of Earth are used to make equipment crystal could do? But that quartz crystal (silicon chip) could and consumer products. They are sometimes used by not work alone if other minerals were not used at the same themselves, copper for example, or in combination with other time. We are lucky! minerals, for example: chrome, carbon and iron to make HOW DOES THE USE AND SUPPLY OF stainless steel. The output of our mines and wells makes RESOURCES DIFFER AMONG PEOPLE AND PLACES? almost every other product possible. We depend on mineral resources—they are the “building blocks” of civilization. Mineral and energy resources are essential to everyone. A At home, we have instant clean water by turning on the nation cannot enjoy prosperity without a reliable source. No faucet. The water treatment plant and the chemicals used country is entirely self suffi cient when it comes to minerals for purifi cation, the pipes and plumbing parts which bring and needs. Because of this interdependency, countries of the us our water, and our waste disposal systems—are made world need to cooperate. entirely from mineral resources. The United States is one of the most highly industrialized Our clothing depends on the production of mineral nations in the world. We have a high standard of living resources. Natural fi bers grown with the aid of fertilizers are because of our mineral and energy resource base. We have made into cloth with tools and machines made from minerals. 5% of the world’s population and 7% of the world’s land area, Some textiles are made from coal and petroleum. They are but we use about 30% of the world’s mineral resources. Our called synthetic materials. Many coloring dyes come from needs, which the consumer demands, are so large that we minerals. Not only are these dyes used in our clothing, but must buy many resources from other countries. This is called are used in paints—both for household and industrial usage importing. The need for mineral and energy resources in the and works of art. world continues to grow and is a major part of world trade. Homes, apartments, offi ce buildings and factories are WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF MINERAL built using minerals. The structures use steel beams, gypsum RESOURCES IN THE WORLD? for wallboard, copper wiring for telephones and electricity, and in equipment such as elevators. Zinc-coated heating The growing use of mineral and energy resources ducts prevent corrosion (or rusting). The buildings sit on throughout the world creates several important questions. concrete foundations made of sand, gravel, and cement in Will we reach a time when our resources are gone? It is which reinforced steel rods are embedded. doubtful because we are so creative and continue to develop new technology that makes minerals we use go further. We When we begin to think and investigate, we fi nd the also have learned, and continue to learn, how to use our use of minerals is more dramatic and exciting than one can resources more effi ciently and how to recycle and conserve realize. them. Will technological development, economic factors, HOW ARE MINERALS USED IN and conservation methods overcome fears of running out of TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS? our mineral and energy resources? Will we someday mine the ocean and resources in outer space? The answers to these We now travel more and faster. We communicate questions will help determine our way of life in the future. You by telephone, radio, and television. What has made this will be challenged to develop new ideas and new technology possible? Technology! in the years ahead. Aren’t we glad that someone in our past invented the train? (It sure beats the horse and buggy or the wagon train.) The train, made of steel and wood, was fi red by coal DIG A LITTLE DEEPER (eventually converted to diesel-fueled engines) that made it • What does the word concentrate mean? Why is the transportation mode of the day. Today, we have airplanes it important to have minerals concentrated in one as well as trains and automobiles. place rather than scattered all around? What pro- The airplane—all of its components come from the raw cesses help in concentrating mineral resources? materials of Earth—the same as the train and car! But, what • Name at least 3 important natural resources makes it fl y? What fuels it?—A highly refi ned kerosene that can be found in your state. Why are these made from petroleum, giving it power. It is made of light important? weight metals (aluminum, and specialty steels called alloys), and plastics that come from petroleum products. Its speed, • Pick out your favorite clothes. Look at the tags because it is lightweight, makes it possible for us to travel sewn inside and learn if they are made from natu- from one coast to another in 6-1/2 hours or less. ral fi bers, synthetic fi bers or both. List the fi bers The telephone—sure beats smoke signals! A review of used to make your clothes. How did minerals history tells how exciting it was to listen to the radio and play a part in the making of your clothes? to call a friend instead of writing a letter. Today, radios, (Hint—Don’t forget the sewing machine)

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Geology is a study of the Earth and its history as recorded Today, geologists use a variety of tools and instruments in the rocks. The study of geology involves understanding to help locate mineral resources. Airplanes and helicopters the relationship between the rocks of the crust of the Earth with photographic equipment are used by geologists. They and envelopes of air and water. Geology is a study of also use magnetic and gravity-detecting equipment. This processes—processes that form continents and ocean basins, equipment gives information about the Earth’s subsurface. mountains and oceanic deeps, glaciers and lakes, sand bars Geologists sometimes use pictures taken from satellites in and rocky cliffs, and deposits of minerals, coal and oil and their search for hidden mineral resources. gas. Geologists study rocks to determine what the Earth was like thousands, millions, and billions of years ago. Geologists study volcanoes, lavas, earthquakes, and landslides. They discover how our mineral deposits formed. They give us theories on how the Earth was formed, how it developed, and what the core of the Earth is like. The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Geology tells us how the Earth has changed and continues to change. Hills are worn down to form lowlands that may be covered by the sea. Millions of years later, rocks from under the sea may be raised up to form high mountains. The Earth is the geologists’ laboratory. WHY IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF GEOLOGY IMPORTANT TO ME? The Earth is where we live. We are dependent upon our Earth. Our water supply and our farm land formed by In Canada, geologists have trained dogs to sniff out exploration clues. German Shepherds have been taught to use their geologic processes. All our minerals, fuels, and construction excellent sense of smell to fi nd sulfi des of lead, zinc, copper, materials come from the Earth’s crust. The Earth will remain nickel, molybdenum, and silver. a nice place to live if we use our resources wisely and control our wastes and garbage. There are natural earth hazards like fl oods, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. The HOW WERE MINERAL RESOURCES FORMED? understanding of geology can lead us to the safest areas in As the Earth changes, different types of rocks are formed. which to build cities, dams, schools, or roads and tunnels. There are three types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and If we understand geologic processes we will know the best metamorphic. places to dispose of our wastes and garbage, and the best Igneous rocks are formed from magma (hot melted rock) geologic environments for fi nding oil, gas, and coal. as it cools and becomes solid. As hot magma cools, minerals If we understand geology we can learn ways to use the such as chromite (chrome is used in stainless steel) and resources of the Earth and at the same time protect it from platinum (used in catalytic converters) form. harm. Sedimentary rocks are formed from particles of older HOW DOES GEOLOGY RELATE TO MINERAL rocks. The particles are deposited in a body of water, a RESOURCES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT? valley, or a low plain. The collection of particles is known Mineral resources are those minerals and other earth as sediment. After the particles are deposited, new sediment materials that supply the things we need and want. Look is deposited on top burying the earlier deposited materials. around you. Things made from mineral resources are in plain When sediments are buried, they become cemented to form sight. Some are obvious, others are less obvious. Obviously, sedimentary rock. Limestone (used to make cement and metal paper clips and building stone come from the Earth. statues) and clay (used to make dishes) are examples of Some things not so obvious—toothpaste, hair combs, chalk, sedimentary rocks. cups and glasses—also come from the Earth. All plastics Metamorphic rocks are formed in the Earth where there and many fi bers of which our clothes are made come from is high temperature and great pressure. The heat and pressure coal or oil. change one kind of rock into another kind of rock. This process Mineral resources are so important to us that we count of change is known as metamorphism. You can think of the stages of history by them. We had the Stone Age, the Bronze change from brownie dough to brownies as metamorphism. Age, and the Iron Age . Marble (used in buildings) is metamorphosed limestone. A mineral from which tungsten (light bulb fi laments are made By examining different kinds of rock formations and by of tungsten) is produced is formed by metamorphism. As studying the Earth’s surface, geologists know the geologic igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are made, environments in which mineral resources may be found. minerals may be so concentrated as to become resources for For a long time people were able to fi nd enough mineral us to use. resources on the surface of the Earth. This is not the case with The Earth is always changing. Rocks are slowly worn many mineral resources today. Once a vein of silver or a bed down by the forces of weathering and erosion. Rocks can of coal has been mined, it cannot be replaced. This means we be lifted or pushed downward. They also can be moved must plan well ahead to look for new mineral deposits. sideways and tilted.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 39 For example, dead trees and plants accumulate in bogs MANUFACTURING . After the mineral and energy resources and later are buried between layers of clay and mud. The are refi ned, these raw materials are made into products. Their layers become sedimentary rock. The dead trees and plants transformation into consumer products is almost limitless. are slowly changed to coal. We might say metamorphosed Products ranging from fertilizers to plastic, from bicycles to to coal. Oil and gas also formed in sedimentary rock, they airplanes, are made by man and machinery. This is called came from decayed animals and plants. manufacturing. Today, these processes continue. New coal beds are MARKETING. Once the products are made, they are sold being formed in bogs and swamps, mineral deposits are being or marketed. When you need a product, you usually go to a created on ocean fl oors by volcanic activity. Our Earth is, store. Marketing is when some product is sold to someone. indeed, an exciting place to be! The mineral and energy resource company sells the mineral WHAT IS MINERAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT? resource to a manufacturer. The manufacturer makes a product Mineral resource development is fi nding, removing, and sells it to stores. The stores then sell the product to us. and processing valuable mineral resources from our Earth. Mineral resources may be solid (coal or copper), liquid (petroleum), or gaseous (natural gas). DIG A LITTLE DEEPER! The word geology comes from Greek words. Find When a mineral resource is developed, it is taken from the out what they are and their meaning. Earth and changed into a usable form. All the work involved in doing this has one aim: to provide us with the products we There are many branches of geology, such as geo- need or want in our everyday lives. chemistry, geophysics, and mineralogy. Do some research and fi nd more branches of geology and A mineral resource is developed ONLY when enough fi nd out what each branch studies. of it is found concentrated in one location and its removal If you were a geologist, what tools and equipment and processing can be done profi tably. Exploration for would you need? What qualifi cations do you need mineral resources is a very risky business and much of it is to become a geologist? unsuccessful. Mineral resources are scarce and diffi cult to fi nd. Great sums of money are spent for years before any For a wonderful imaginary trip through the inside money is ever made by a company on its mining or drilling of the Earth read How to Dig a Hole to the Other operations. Mineral resources can be developed only if their Side of the World by Faith McNulty (Harper & extraction can pay for the investment, labor and machinery, Row, 1979). and taxes. If there is no profi t left over, there is no reason to Be a ROCKHOUND! Start collecting rocks and invest in such a risky business. minerals. Identify your rocks by using reference books from the library. Maybe you can meet a WHAT MUST HAPPEN TO A MINERAL RESOURCE geologist who will help you. Share your collec- BEFORE IT BECOMES USEFUL? tion with the class. Mineral and energy resources are the ingredients in nearly all of the products we use everyday. These resources must Make a list of 10 rocks and minerals and, using a go through a number of steps or processes before usable book from your school library, classify the rocks. Example: granite—igneous; limestone—sedimen- items can be produced. We call these steps the journey from tary; marble—metamorphic. prospect to production. Why can’t we just fi nd a mineral resource and use it EXPLORATION. First, the mineral and energy resources as is instead of having to process it? must be found! The people who look for these resources are called geologists. They explore the Earth to fi nd deposits or Choose one thing in your classroom or home that wells that can be produced. you like to use. Try to fi nd what mineral resources it contains. EXTRACTION. After the resources are located, they must Find out more about the “Ages.” Choose the Stone be removed from the Earth. This process is called extraction. Age, Bronze Age, or Iron Age —and list at least People build surface or underground mines to extract mineral fi ve important facts about it. resources. To get oil, holes are drilled deep into the Earth. Mining and drilling are two ways we extract and produce Take a fi eld trip through your neighborhood and mineral resources. record as many different uses of rocks and miner- als as you can. PROCESSING. Valuable minerals are in ordinary looking rock when they are taken from the Earth. They are often Some elements have strange sounding names. Look up molybdenum, vanadium, beryllium, selenium, hidden as tiny particles in the rock. The valuable minerals and zirconium. What can you fi nd out about each? are removed from the rock and concentrated. This is called In what products are they used? processing or crushing, grinding, and milling. REFINING. Some minerals have to be smelted and refi ned before they can be made into useful products. When oil is pumped from the Earth, it is in crude form. The crude oil is sent to a refi nery where it is processed into oils, solvents, fuels, and petrochemicals.

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Man’s fi rst use of the Earth’s natural resources was in the form of grasses, trees, animals and stone. Tools and weapons were made from wood, bone and stone. Flint was one of the stones fi rst because it is a hard, dense mineral. It is one of the purists native forms of silica. A steel knife, today, is no sharper than an obsidian knife or spear point. Obsidian is a hard, glassy rock that is formed by volcanic eruptions. Ancient people were our fi rst “geologists” and “miners.” They not only determined which rocks were best to use, but they learned how to make them into tools, hunting spears, arrows, fi shhooks and ornaments. Shaping the stone was done by fl aking it with sharp blows on the edges using another stone or deer antlers. Stone-Age people knew nothing of metal. Colorful Throughout the thousands of years since native minerals were used for decoration or for barter. When copper was discovered, man has made great use of emerald-green malachite (a copper ) or a rusty-red this element. Copper has a chemical symbol, as do hematite iron ore were found, they would be ground all elements. It is Cu. Minerals are seldom found in to a powder and used as pigments to decorate the face a pure state. They are found bonded together with and body. They also used these and other colorful other minerals. minerals pigments to paint the walls of caves and Copper is one of the most useful of the metals, and protected coves. Today, many minerals are used for probably the one fi rst used by man. It is found native paint pigments. and in a variety of combinations with other minerals. Can you imagine how excited these people were It is often a by-product from silver and other mining. when they found native copper? It could be formed into Copper has many colors from yellowish-to-reddish decorative shapes and tools more easily by pounding brown, red, pink, blue, green, and black. The colors are it with a stone on a hard surface. This was after 6000 determined by the other elements (minerals) combined B.C. and is known as the Copper Age. with the copper. Both methods—flaking and pounding— were Copper is malleable, ductile and long lasting. society’s fi rst forms of manufacturing. Therefore, Copper conducts heat and electricity better than any Earth’s resources were converted for man’s use! The other metal except silver. It has a wide use in electric island of Cyprus, from which the word copper is and electronic equipment. It is used for tubing and derived, was a major source of copper for the Roman pipes for plumbing and can be made into sheets for empire. roofi ng. Copper also is used in chemical compounds. Copper chemicals are used in plant sprays and to treat Over 4,000 years ago, when it was discovered swimming pools to keep algae from growing. Copper that minerals could be melted, curiosity led man to and its alloys are important for parts of automobiles, combine melted metals (alloys). By accident they airplanes, missiles and satellites. made bronze by adding tin to copper (the Bronze Age ). Another combination of zinc and copper made brass. Recycling of copper has been ongoing for many, Both bronze and brass are stronger than pure copper. many years. It is collected as scrap metal and separated They do not corrode in air or water. Without these from other metals and materials by and combinations of minerals and man’s knowledge of refi ning. Recycled copper is called secondary copper mining and separating them, we would not have enough and it is used at brass mills and made into new things copper to take care of our needs today. for our use. When copper tarnishes, it turns green to black on Since ancient man and his use of fl int and obsidian the surface. Some of the biggest deposits of copper we have learned a lot about our Earth and its many were found by accident when prospectors noticed resources. greenish rock sticking out of the ground (this is called Each day, scientists learn more about the mineral an outcrop). Many of these discoveries were huge wealth locked in our planets crust. More is learned mountains of copper ore that also contained other about new mineral wealth being born through volcanic important minerals. activity. Earthquakes sometimes take away ore deposits. And at other times earthquakes bring new

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 41 mineral deposits closer to the Earth’s surface. copper. Tobedesirableforgemsthecolorshouldbegreen Science and technology have shown us how to blue. The color is due to the presence of copper and is fi nd, extract, process, and use mineral resources to found near the surface of copper deposits. Sometimes the benefi t of man. We are lucky to live in this time in may appear as an outcrop. of history. Chrysocolla has various shades of blue to green and is COPPER FACTS a hydrous copper silicate. It is often found with azurite Copper is a native element. The and malachite. Although its color is attractive, it is too of native copper is cubic. It has a metallic luster and soft to make good gem stones. Be aware of this fact a specifi c gravity of 8-9 with a hardness of 2-1/2 to when buying jewelry. Sometimes chrysocolla is passed 3 and can be easily scratched with a knife. Native off as turquoise. copper has no and its is hackly. This element is heavy, ductile and malleable. Native copper The Sewing Machine—Its Story is copper red on fresh fracture but may be greenish Attempts to invent a sewing machine date as far or bluish or tarnished if weathered. It is often found back as 1775. But not until 1830 was a practical with small amounts of arsenic, antimony, bismuth, machine invented. Its inventor was Bathelemy iron, and silver. Thimmonier of France. It made a “chain stitch” with Copper a hooked needle and was built out of wood. Malachite (pronounced mala-kite) is usually a bright Around 1848, Elias Howe (an American) green color and has a nonmetallic luster. It has a light invented the “eye needle” which made a “lock stitch” green and can always be scratched with a knife. and had a small shuttle that carried the thread through Malachite, a copper carbonate, is an important ore of the loop made by the needle. An improved sewing copper and is a good indicator of copper deposits. In its pure form it contains 57% copper, the rest is made machine was developed in 1850 with the invention of up of carbonate and water. a round bobbin and hook by Allen Benjamin Wilson. Both machines were hand operated. Isaac Singer Azurite also is a copper carbonate. It’s streak is light invented the foot treadle and a presser foot that kept blue. Malachite and azurite frequently occur together and are found in the upper weathered (oxidized) zones the fabric in place. of copper ore bodies. Azurite is the scarcer of the two Today, electricity has replaced the foot treadle. has a soft blue color. Sewing machines have motors. Motors are powered is an iron-copper sulfi de. It has a brass by electricity—which is another gift from copper! yellow color. It is distinguished from pyrite by being softer and yellower. Its golden glint when in small specks in quartz often is mistaken for gold. The glint DIG A LITTLE DEEPER will disappear when turned at certain angles to the light • What other elements are classifi ed as native? whilegoldappearsthesameatallangles. Chalcopyrite • Take the new words you have learned today is the primary ore of copper and is prevalent wherever copper ore is being mined below the surface zone. and put them in a list. Now, use them to make a Word Search. Try your word search on a Chalcocite is a copper sulfi de. It is one of the highest grade and most important ores of copper and is opaque classmate or someone at home. with a dark lead gray to black color. Chalcocite is often • If there is copper or another mineral in your associatedwithandshowsalterationtoazurite,bornite, area, is it being mined? If so, write a letter covellite, malachite, and native copper. Important to the mining company to fi nd out if they deposits are found in Arizona’s Bagdad, Jerome, and give school tours. Maybe the company has a Superior areas. Other localities include Bingham, speaker who would come to your class to tell Utah; Santa Rita, New Mexico; Ely, Nevada, and the you more. Ask! Genesee Valley district in California. • If you look around your classroom or your Bornite is a copper-iron sulfi de. Its color is a natural home you will fi nd many things in which bronze, but on exposure it tarnishes to the varigated copper is used. Some are hidden — like the colors that have caused it to be nicknamed “Peacock wiring inside a wall that brings electricity into ore.” It is rarely found on the surface but is prevalent your home or school. How many other uses in deeper levels of copper mines. can you discover? Turquoise is a hydrous aluminum phosphate with

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Coal Fields

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Alaska's Mineralized Zones

Land Ownership in Alaska Federal Government 60% State Government 25% Native Lands 12% Private less than 1%

This Alaska map is to scale with the above map of the U.S.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 44 Mineral Information Institute Golden, Colorado www.mii.org 45 DID YOU KNOW It takes more than 33 minerals and elements to make a computer? List the minerals and elements used in computers and fi nd out in which States they are found. Those vital computer ingredients consist of: aluminum, antimony, barite, beryllium, cobalt, columbium, copper, gallium, germanium, gold, indium, iron, lanthanides, lithium, manganese, mercury, mica, molybdenum, nickel, platinum, quartz crystals, rhenium, selenium, silicon, silver, strontium, tantalum, tellurium, tin, tungsten, vanadium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium. And, we can’t forget the petroleum industry’s role in the computer. All the components are housed in plastic.

CONTACT your State Geologist for a list of publications, maps, and services available to help you. Geologist: One engaged in geologic study or • studies seismic, gravitational, electrical, thermal, and investigations; one versed in geology. magnetic phenomena to determine structure and A geologist— composition of the Earth’s surface; • studies the physical nature, structure and history of • employs theoretical knowledge and research data to the Earth’s crust; locate mineral, oil and gas deposits, and determines the probable area, slope, and accessibility of ore • conducts research into the formation and dissolution deposits; and of rock layers; • prepares reports, maps and diagrams of regions • analyzes fossil and mineral content of layers and explored. endeavors to fi x historical sequence of development by relating characteristics to known geologic Geologists love their profession because of the infl uences; challenge of solving complex scientific problems. They especially enjoy the out-of-doors fi eld work. • studies dynamic processes that bring about changes Geologists also gain great satisfaction when their in the Earth’s crust: great internal pressure and heat; knowledge benefi ts humanity by fi nding resources, volcanic eruptions; earthquakes; and air, water, and recognizing geologic hazards, or providing data for glacial erosion; land-use decisions.

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Aluminum: the most abundant metal Cobalt: used in superalloys for jet Gold: used in dentistry and medicine; element in the Earth’s crust. Bauxite engines; chemicals (paint driers, in jewelry and arts; in medallions is the main source of aluminum. Alu- catalysts, magnetic coatings); per- and coins; in ingots as a store of minum is used in the United States manent magnets; and cemented value; for scientifi c and electronic in packaging (31%), transportation carbides for cutting tools. Principal instruments; as an electrolyte in (22%), and building (19%). Guinea cobalt producing countries include the electroplating industry. South and Australia have 46 percent of the Zaire, Zambia, Canada, Cuba, and Africa has about half of the world’s resources. Signifi cant quantities are world’s reserves. Other countries the former Soviet Union. The with major reserves include Brazil, also present in the U.S., Australia, Jamaica, and India. United States uses about one-third Brazil, Canada, China, and the for- of total world consumption. Cobalt mer Soviet Union. Antimony: a native element; antimony resources in the U.S. are low grade metal is extracted from stibnite and and production from these deposits Gypsum: processed and used as pre- other minerals. Antimony is used as fabricated wallboard or as industrial a hardening alloy for lead, especially is not economically feasible. or building plaster; used in cement storage batteries and cable sheaths; Columbite-tantalite group manufacture; agriculture and other also used in bearing metal; type (columbium is another name for uses. metal; solder; collapsible tubes and niobium): the principal ore of (Sodium chloride—Salt): foil; sheet and pipes; and, semicon- niobium and tantalum, used mostly used in human and animal diet, food ductor technology. as an additive in steel making and seasoning and food preservation; Asbestos: because this group of in superalloys; used in metallurgy used to prepare sodium hydroxide, silicate minerals can be readily for heat-resistant alloys, rust- soda ash, caustic soda, hydrochloric separated into thin, strong fibers proofing (stainless steel), and acid, chlorine, metallic sodium; used that are fl exible, heat resistant, and electromagnetic superconductors. in ceramic glazes; metallurgy; cur- chemically inert, asbestos miner- Brazil and Canada are the world’s ing of hides; mineral waters; soap als are suitable for use in fi reproof leading producers. manufacture; home water softeners; fabrics, yarn, cloth, paper, paint highway deicing; photography; her- fi ller, gaskets, roofi ng composition, Copper: used in electric cables and bicide; fi re extinguishing; nuclear reinforcing agent in rubber and wires, switches, plumbing, heating; reactors; mouthwash; medicine (heat plastics, brake linings, tiles, electri- roofi ng and building construction; exhaustion); in scientifi c equipment cal and heat insulation, cement, and chemical and pharmaceutical ma- for optical parts. chemical fi lters. chinery; alloys (brass, bronze, and Iron Ore: used to manufacture steels of Barium: used as a heavy additive in a new alloy with 3% beryllium that various types. Powdered iron: used oil-well-drilling mud; in the paper is particularly vibration resistant); in metallurgy products; magnets; and rubber industries; as a fi ller or alloy castings; electroplated protec- high-frequency cores; auto parts; extender in cloth, ink, and plastics tive coatings and undercoats for catalyst. Radioactive iron (iron 59): products; in radiography (“barium nickel, chromium, zinc, etc. The in medicine; tracer element in bio- milkshake”); as getter (scavenger) leading producer is Chile, followed chemical and metallurgical research. alloys in vacuum tubes; deoxidizer by the U.S., the former Soviet Iron blue: in paints, printing inks; for copper; lubricant for anode rotors Union, and Canada. plastics; cosmetics (eye shadow); in X-ray tubes; sparkplug alloys. artist colors; laundry blue; paper Also used to make an expensive Feldspar: a rock-forming mineral; dyeing; fertilizer ingredient; baked white pigment. industrially important in glass and enamel fi nishes for autos and appli- ceramic industries; pottery and Bauxite: a general term for a rock ances; industrial fi nishes. Black iron composed of hydrated aluminum enamelware; soaps; abrasives; bond oxide: as pigment; in polishing com- oxides; it is the main ore of alumina for abrasive wheels; cements and pounds; metallurgy; medicine; mag- to make aluminum; also used in the concretes; insulating compositions; netic inks; in ferrites for electronics production of synthetic corundum fertilizer; poultry grit; tarred roof- industry. Major producers of iron ore and aluminous refractories. ing materials; and as a sizing (or include Australia, Brazil, China, and the former Soviet Union. Beryllium: used in the nuclear industry fi ller) in textiles and paper. and in light, very strong alloys used Fluorite (fl uorspar): used in produc- Lead: used in lead batteries, gasoline in the aircraft industry. Beryllium tion of hydrofluoric acid, which additives and tanks, and solders, salts are used in fl uorescent lamps, is used in the pottery, ceramics, seals or bearings; used in electri- in X-ray tubes and as a deoxidizer in cal and electronic applications; TV optical, electroplating, and plastics tubes, TV glass, construction, com- bronze metallurgy. Beryl is the gem industries; in the metallurgical stones emerald and aquamarine. munications, and protective coat- treatment of bauxite, which is the ings; in ballast or weights; ceramics Chromite: 99 percent of the world’s ore of alumina; as a fl ux in open or crystal glass; tubes or containers, chromite is found in South Africa hearth steel furnaces and in metal type metal, foil or wire; X-ray and and Zimbabwe. Chemical and met- smelting; in carbon electrodes; gamma radiation shielding; sound- allurgical industries use 85% of the emery wheels; electric arc welders; proofi ng material in construction chromite consumed in the U.S. toothpaste; and paint pigment.

Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 47 industry; and ammunition. The Perlite: expanded perlite is used in roof Silica: used in manufacture of glass U.S. is the world’s largest producer insulation boards; as fi llers, fi lter and refractory materials; ceramics; and consumer of lead metal. Other aids, and for horticultural. abrasives; water fi ltration; compo- major mine producers include Aus- Platinum Group Metals (includes nent of hydraulic cements; fi ller in tralia, Canada, and the former Soviet platinum, palladium, rhodium, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, paper, Union. , , and ruthenium): insecticides; rubber reinforcing Lithium: lithium compounds are used they are among the scarcest of the agent, especially for high adhesion to in ceramics and glass; in primary metallic elements. Platinum is textiles; anti-caking agent in foods; aluminum production; in the manu- used principally in catalysts for the flatting agent in paints; thermal facture of lubricants and greases; control of automobile and indus- insulator. rocket propellants; vitamin A syn- trial plant emissions; in catalysts to Silver: used in photography, chemistry, thesis; silver solders; underwater produce acids, organic chemicals, jewelry; in electronics because of its buoyancy devices; batteries. and pharmaceuticals. PGMs used very high conductivity; as currency, Manganese: essential to iron and in bushings for making glass fi bers generally in some form of an alloy; steel production. The U.S., Japan, used in fiber-reinforced plastic in lining vats and other equipment and Western Europe are all nearly and other advanced materials, in for chemical reaction vessels, water defi cient in economically minable electrical contacts, in capacitors, in distillation, etc.; catalyst in manu- manganese. South Africa and the conductive and resistive fi lms used facture of ethylene; mirrors; electric former Soviet Union have over 70% in electronic circuits; in dental alloys conductors; batteries; silver plating; of the world’s reserves. used for making crowns and bridges; table cutlery; dental, medical, and in jewelry. The former Soviet Union scientifi c equipment; electrical con- Mica: micas commonly occur as fl akes, and South Africa have nearly all the tacts; bearing metal; magnet wind- scales, or shreds. Sheet muscovite world’s reserves. ings; brazing alloys, solder. Silver (white) mica is used in electronic is mined in 56 countries. Alaska and insulators (mainly in vacuum tubes); Potash: a carbonate of potassium; used as a fertilizer; in medicine; in the Nevada produce most of the U.S. ground mica in paint, as joint cement, chemical industry; used to produce silver. Largest silver reserves are as a dusting agent, in well-drilling decorative color effects on brass, found in Chile, Peru, Poland, Mexico muds; and in plastics, roofi ng, rub- bronze, and nickel. and China. ber, and welding rods. Pyrite: used in the manufacture of sul- Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash or Tro- Molybdenum: used in alloy steels fur, sulfuric acid, and sulfur dioxide; na): used in glass container manufac- (47% of all uses) to make automotive pellets of pressed pyrite dust are ture; in fi berglass and specialty glass; parts, construction equipment, gas used to recover iron, gold, copper, also used in production of fl at glass; transmission pipes; stainless steels cobalt, nickel, etc. in liquid detergents; in medicine; as a (21%) used in water distribution food additive; photography; cleaning systems, food handling equipment, Quartz (Silica): as a crystal, quartz is and boiler compounds; pH control chemical processing equipment, used as a semiprecious gem stone. of water. home, hospital, and laboratory Cryptocrystalline forms may also be gem stones: agate, jasper, onyx, Stibnite (the main ore of Antimony): requirements; tool steels (9%) bear- used for metal antifriction alloys, ings, dies, machining components; carnelian, chalcedony, etc. Crystal- line gem varieties include amethyst, metal type, shot, batteries; in the cast irons (7%) steel mill rolls, auto manufacture of fi reworks. Antimony parts, crusher parts; super alloys citrine, rose quartz, smoky quartz, etc. Because of its piezoelectric salts are used in the rubber and textile (7%) in furnace parts, gas turbine industries, in medicine; and glass parts, chemical processing equip- properties quartz is used for pres- sure gauges, oscillators, resonators, making. ment; chemicals and lubricants (8%) and wave stabilizers; because of its Sulfur: used in the manufacture of as catalysts, paint pigments, cor- ability to rotate the plane of polariza- sulfuric acid, fertilizers, chemicals, rosion inhibitors, smoke and fl ame tion of light and its transparency in explosives, dyestuffs, petroleum retardants, and as a lubricant. As ultraviolet rays it is used in heat-ray refi ning; rubber; fungicides. a pure metal, molybdenum is used lamps, prism, and spectrographic Tantalum: a refractory metal with because of its high melting tempera- lenses. Used in the manufacture of tures (4,730 °F.) as fi lament supports unique electrical, chemical, and glass, paints, abrasives, refractories, physical properties is used to pro- in light bulbs, metalworking dies and precision instruments. and furnace parts. Major producing duce electronic components; used countries are Canada, Chile, and Rare Earth Elements: industrial for high-purity metals in products the U.S. consumption of rare earth ores is pri- ranging from weapon systems to marily in petroleum fl uid cracking superconductors; capacitors; chemi- Nickel: vital as an alloy to stainless catalysts, metallurgical additives, cal equipment; dental and surgical steel; plays key role in the chemical ceramics and polishing compounds, instruments; rectifiers; vacuum and aerospace industries. Leading permanent magnets, and phosphors. tubes; furnace components; high- producers includeAustralia, Canada, Rare earth elements are lanthanum, speed tools; catalyst; sutures and Norway and the former Soviet cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, body implants; electronic circuitry; Union. Largest reserves are found promethium, samarium, europium, thin-fi lm components. Used in opti- in Cuba, New Caledonia, Canada, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, cal glass and electroplating devices. Indonesia, and the Philippines. holmium, erbium, thulium, ytter- There is no tantalum mined in the bium, and lutetium. United States. Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 48 Titanium: a metal used mostly in jet and sulfuric acid; in dyes and (essential growth element); chemicals; engines, airframes, and space and mordants; as target material for X- roof gutters; engravers’ plates; cable missile applications; produced in rays. The former Soviet Union and wrappings; organ pipes; in pennies; the western and central U.S., the South Africa are the world’s larg- as sacrifi cial anodes used to protect United Kingdom, China, Japan, and est producers of vanadium. Large ship hulls from galvanic action; in the former Soviet Union. reserves are also found in the U.S. catalysts; in fl uxes; in phosphors; and Tungsten: used in metalworking; and China. in additives to lubricating oils and construction and electrical machin- Zeolites: used in aquaculture (fish greases. Zinc oxide: in medicine, in ery and equipment; in transporta- hatcheries for removing ammonia paints, as an activator and accelerator tion equipment; as fi lament in light from the water); water softener; in in vulcanizing rubber; as an electro- bulbs; as a carbide in drilling equip- catalysts; cat litter; odor control; static and photoconductive agent in ment; in heat and radiation shielding; and for removing radioactive ions photocopying. Zinc dust: for primers, textile dyes, enamels, paints, and for from nuclear plant effl uent. paints, sherardizing, precipitation of coloring glass. Major producers are noble metals; removal of impurities Zinc: used as protective coating on from solution in zinc electrowinning. China, Korea, and the former Soviet steel, as die casting, as an alloying Union. Large reserves are also found Zinc is mined in over 50 countries metal with copper to make brass, with Canada the leading producer, in the U.S., Bolivia, Canada, and The and as chemical compounds in rub- Federal Republic of Germany. followed by the former Soviet Union, ber and paints; used as sheet zinc Australia, Peru, and China. In the Vanadium: used in metal alloys; im- and for galvanizing iron; electro- U.S. mine production mostly comes portant in the production of aero- plating; metal spraying; automotive from Tennessee, Missouri, New York space titanium alloys; as a catalyst parts; electrical fuses; anodes; dry and Alaska. for production of maleic anhydride cell batteries; fungicides; nutrition

MAJOR MINERAL and ENERGY OCCURRENCES - UNITED STATES

There are known reserves of the following mineral materials in nearly every state: construction sand and gravel, crushed stone, a variety of industrial minerals, and gemstones.

Alabama: Asphalt (At); Bauxite (Al); Colorado: Beryl (Be); Clay (Cl); Indiana: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gypsum Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Iron Ore (Fe); Coal (C); Copper (Cu); Fluorspar (Gp); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas Limestone (Ls); Marble (Mr); Mica (F); Gold (Au); Iron Ore (Fe); Lead (G); and, Petroleum (O). (Mi); Salt (Na); and, Petroleum (Pb); Marble (Mr); Mica (Mi); Mo- Iowa: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gypsum (O). lybdenum (Mo); Natural Gas (G); (Gp); and, Limestone (Ls). Petroleum (O); Silver (Ag); Tung- Alaska: Beryl (Be); Coal (C); Cop- Kansas: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gyp- per (Cu); Gold (Au); Iron Ore (Fe); sten (W); Uranium (U); Vanadium (V); and, Zinc (Zn). sum (Gp); Helium (He); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg); Molybdenum (Mo); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas (G); Natural Gas (G); Petroleum (O); Connecticut: Clay (Cl), Mica (Mi). Petroleum (O); Salt (Na); and, Zinc Platinum (Pt); Tungsten (W); Ura- Delaware: Marl (Greensand) and (Zn). nium (U), and, Zinc (Zn). Magnesium (Mg+) Compounds Kentucky: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Flu- Arizona: Asbestos (Ab); Copper (Cu); (from sea water). orspar (F); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gold (Au); Gypsum (Gp); Lead (Pb); Florida: Clay (Cl); Limestone (Ls); Gas (G); and, Petroleum (O). Mercury (Hg); Molybdenum (Mo); Peat (Pe); Phosphates (P); Titanium Louisiana: Gypsum (Gp); Natural Gas Silver (Ag); Uranium (U); Vanadium (Ti); and, Zirconium (Zr). (V); and, Zinc (Zn). (G); Petroleum (O); Salt (Na), and, Georgia: Barite (Ba); Bauxite (Al); Sulfur (S). Arkansas: Barite (Ba); Bauxite (Al); Clay (Cl); Gold (Au); Granite (Gn); Maine: Clay (Cl); and, Mica (Mi). Bromine (Br); Clay (Cl); Coal Iron Ore (Fe); Manganese (Mn); (C); Diamonds (D); Gypsum (Gp); Marble (Mr); Mica (Mi); Slate (Sl); Maryland: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Lime- Marble (Mr); Natural Gas (G); Pe- Talc (Tc); and, Titanium (Ti). stone (Ls); and, Natural Gas (G). troleum (O); Soapstone (Sp), and, Massachusetts: Granite (Gn); and, Zinc (Zn). Hawaii: Clay (Cl). Volcanic activity is building unknown mineral wealth Limestone (Ls). California: Asbestos (Ab); Borax at this time. : Bromine (Br); Clay (Cl); (Bx); Bromine (Br); Clay (Cl); Cop- Idaho: Antimony (Sb); Cobalt (Co); Copper (Cu); Gypsum (Gp); Iron per (Cu); Gold (Au); Gypsum (Gp); Ore (Fe); Limestone (Ls); Natural Iron Ore (Fe); Lead (Pb); Lithium Copper (Cu); Gold (Au); Iron Ore (Fe); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg); Gas (G); Peat (Pe); Petroleum (O); (Lt) Magnesium (Mg); Marble (Mr); Potash (K); and, Salt (Na). Mercury (Hg); Molybdenum (Mo); Phosphates (P); Silver (Ag); Tho- rium (Th); Titanium (Ti); Vanadium Minnesota: Clay (Cl); Cobalt (Co); Natural Gas (G); Petroleum (O); Copper (Cu); Granite (Gn); Iron Ore Platinum (Pt); Potash (K); Rare (V); Tungsten (W); and, Zinc (Zn). Illinois: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Fluorspar (Fe); Limestone (Ls); Manganese Earths (RE); Salt (Na); Silver (Ag); (Mn); and Nickel (Ni). Talc (Tc); Tungsten (W); and, (F); Lead (Pb); Limestone (Ls); Pe- Zinc. troleum (O); and Zinc (Zn). Mineral Information Institute Littleton, Colorado www.mii.org 49 Mississippi: Clay (Cl); Iron Ore (Fe); North Carolina: Asbestos (Ab); Texas: Asphalt (At); Clay (Cl); Gran- Natural Gas (G); and, Petroleum Clay (Cl); Copper (Cu); Gold (Au); ite (Gn); Graphite (Gr); Gypsum (O). Granite (Gn); Lithium (Lt); Marble (Gp); Helium (He); Iron Ore (Fe); Missouri: Barite (Ba); Clay (Cl); Coal (Mr); Mica (Mi); Phosphates (P); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas (G); (C); Copper (Cu); Iron Ore (Fe); Talc (Tc); and, Tungsten (W). Petroleum (O); Salt (Na); Silver Lead (Pb); Limestone (Ls); Marble North Dakota: Clay (Cl); Lignite (Ag); Sulfur (S); Talc (Tc); and, (Mr); Natural Gas (G); Silver (Ag); (Lg); Natural Gas (G); Petroleum Uranium (U). and, Zinc (Zn). (O); Salt (Na); and, Uranium (U). Utah: Asphalt (At); Beryllium (Be); Montana: Copper (Cu); Gold (Au); Ohio: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gypsum Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Copper (Cu); Graphite (Gr); Gypsum (Gp); Lead (Gp); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas Gallium (Ga); Germanium (Ge); (Pb); Manganese (Mn); Natural Gas (G); Petroleum (O); Salt (Na); and, Gold (Au); Gypsum (Gp); Iron Ore (G); Petroleum (O); Palladium (Pd); Sandstone (Ss). (Fe); Magnesium (Mg); Molybde- Phosphates (P); Platinum (Pt); Silver num (Mo); Natural Gas (G); Petro- Oklahoma: Coal (C); Copper (Cu); leum (O); Phosphates (P); Potash (Ag); Thorium (Th); Tungsten (W); Gypsum (GP); Helium (He); Lead Vermiculite; and, Zinc (Zn). (K); Salt (Na); Silver (Ag); Uranium (Pb); Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas (U); and, Vanadium (V). Nebraska: Clay (Cl); Natural Gas (G); (G); Petroleum (O); and, Zinc and Petroleum (O). (Zn). Vermont: Asbestos (Ab); Granite (Gn); Marble (Mr); Slate (Sl); and, Nevada: Barite (Ba); Clay (Cl); Cop- Oregon: Gold (Au); Mercury (Hg); Talc (Tc). per (Cu); Gold (Au); Gypsum (Gp); Silver (Ag); and, Uranium (U). Lead (Pb); Lithium (Lt); Magnesium Virginia: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gypsum Pennsylvania: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); (Gp); Lead (Pb); Limestone (Ls); (Mg); Mercury (Hg); Molybdenum Cobalt (Co); Iron Ore (Fe); Lime- (Mo); Petroleum (O); Salt (Na); Sil- Slate (Sl); Soapstone (Sp); Titanium stone (Ls); Natural Gas (G); Pe- (Ti); and, Zinc (Zn). ver (Ag); Sulfur (S); Tungsten (W); troleum (O); Sandstone (Ss); Slate and, Zinc (Zn). (Sl); and, Zinc (Zn). Washington: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Copper (Cu); Gold (Au); Gypsum New Hampshire: Beryl (Be); Granite Rhode Island: Sand and Gravel (SG) (Gn); Mica (Mi); Thorium (Th). (Gp); Lead (Pb); Magnesium (Mg); and Crushed Stone (CS) Marble (Mr); Silver (Ag); Talc (Tc); New Jersey: Clay (Cl); Titanium (Ti); South Carolina: Clay (Cl); and, Mica Uranium (U); Tungsten (W); and, and, Zinc (Zn). (Mi). Zinc (Zn). New Mexico: Coal (C); Copper (Cu); South Dakota: Beryl (Be); Gold West Virginia: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Gold (Au); Gypsum (Gp); Lead (Pb); (Au); Granite (Gn); Mica (Mi); Pe- Limestone (Ls); Natural Gas (G); Marble (Mr); Molybdenum (Mo); troleum (O); Silver (Ag); Uranium Petroleum (O); and, Salt (Na). Natural Gas (G); Petroleum (O); (U); and, Vanadium (V). Potash (K); Salt (Na); Silver (Ag); Wisconsin: Copper (Cu); Iron Ore Uranium (U); Vanadium (V); and, Tennessee: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Cop- (Fe); Lead (Pb); Limestone (Ls); Zinc (Zn). per (Cu); Iron Ore (Fe); Limestone and, Zinc (Zn). (Ls); Marble (Mr); Phosphates (P); New York: Clay (Cl); Emery (Em); Wyoming: Clay (Cl); Coal (C); Dia- Pyrites (S); Sandstone (Ss); and, monds (D); Iron Ore (Fe); Natural Garnet (Gt); Gypsum (Gp); Iron Ore Zinc (Zn). (Fe); Lead (Pb); Limestone (Ls); Gas (G); Petroleum (O); Phosphate Natural Gas (G); Petroleum (O); Salt (P); Uranium (U); and, Vanadium (Na); Sandstone (Ss); Silver (Ag); (V). Slate (Sl); Talc (Tc); Titanium (Ti); What's The Difference and, Zinc (Zn). mineral An inorganic substance occurring in nature, though not Suggested Activities necessarily of inorganic origin, Find Out Can you and your class identify which has (1) a defi nite chemical • How far the sand and gravel other mineral resources found in composition or, more commonly must be transported to make your state? your sidewalks? a characteristic range of chemical composition, and (2) distinctive With this listing, identify the minerals that are scarce within • How many miles of crushed physical properties or molecular structure. the geographical boundaries of stone must be transported to be the United States. Use a map to metal An opaque, lustrous, elemental, used as road-fi ll for the road in plot your fi ndings. front of where you live? chemical substance that is a good conductor of heat and electricity Plot on a map the states that have • How much more does it cost to and, when polished, a good refl ector mineral resources like those make the sidewalks, driveways, of light. found in your state. and house foundations when industrial mineral Rocks and Does your state have wind power? the sand and gravel has to be minerals not produced as sources Solar power? Geothermal transported greater distances? of the metals but excluding mineral power? Hydropower? Coal- Investigate! fuels. fi red plants?

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On February 4, astronomers at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona accidentally sighted a giant comet about to enter our solar system. The comet was observed and its position carefully plotted over a period of two months. Initial calculations indicated that the comet would pass very, very close to Earth and, in fact, with the estimated experimental errors, a collision with Earth was deemed highly possible. Because of this possibility and because of the apparent size of the comet, North American government offi cials have declared a consolidated national emergency (Priority A-1). Public disclosure is being deferred until a later date. The gravity of the situation was considered to be suffi cient for the North American Alliance governments to provide priority funding for a study of the comet. That study was completed last week. The report states: "We have fi rmly established that Comet Vadar is on a collision course with Earth. We have also fi rmly established that the mass and velocity of Vadar are suffi ciently large to cause the collision to be fatal. The collision will change the Earth’s axis of rotation by more than 2 degrees. At a minimum, this will result in massive tidal waves, extremely high velocity winds and abrupt and severe weather changes. The effect on orbit is unknown. Collision will occur 227 days from today’s date." The decision has been made not to inform the peoples of the world of these facts until a well thought out program has been established. (Outstanding psychologists, psychiatrists, members of the clergy, scientists, sociologists, government offi cials and selected U.N. representatives will draw up the plan.) In the meantime, the governments of the North American Alliance have decided to undertake a project to colonize Mars. Mars was selected in that it is the closest object now known that can, with some ingenuity, support life as we know it. It was also decided that because of the psychological barriers involved in such a project, both a team of scientists and a team of lay people would be engaged to work on the project. You are gathered here today because you have been selected as members of the lay person team. If you choose to accept that assignment, you are to begin immediately on the fi rst item—the selection of materials and participants for the mission. The world’s combined availability of space craft will limit you to sending 10 rockets with two passengers and a payload of 100,000 pounds each. It has tentatively been determined that the fi rst launching will begin in approximately eight months. All ten rockets are to be launched in a period of time not to exceed one month. Public announcement of the exact nature of this project and of the Earth’s situation will be made no less than two weeks after the last rocket is launched and no more than 2 months before Vadar strikes Earth. Today you are to make preliminary decisions on two critical questions. You will then meet with the scientists and fi nalize the selections. Final decisions are to be made in two weeks. The NASA ecosystem analysis (attached to this document) will help you in these decisions. Of utmost importance is the need to establish a sustainable, permanent colony. There is no return and opportunities for resupply appear unlikely.

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CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL Page 2 of 2 Project Vadar: CLEARANCE AA REQUIRED A Voyage To Mars Government Document Ref. 1 ebd 3977-64F l ROUTING AA Cleairaance Document: White House UN Security Divunlgitng this information Pentagon National Palace dise illegal and considered Prime Minister NASA-Cape Canaveral fi treasonous, punishment as NASA-Houston Project Team n NAA Class 1 Offense. Acknowledgment of Receipt co Decision Document • What are the names or skills of the 20 people who will make the trip with you? • What are the ten most important items you will need to bring life from Earth to Mars, and to sustain that life?

Characteristic: Earth Mars EQUATORIAL DIAMETER 1 0.53 (EARTH = 1 OR 7,926.4 MILES

MASS (EARTH = 1) 1 0.11

VOLUME (EARTH = 1) 1 0.15

DENSITY (WATER = 1) 5.52 3.95

EQUATORIAL SURFACE GRAVITY 1 0.38 (EARTH = 1)

ROTATION ON AXIS 1 day 1.03 days (EARTH = 1 day)

REVOLUTION AROUND SUN 1 year 1.88 years (EARTH TIME)

WATER COVER 71% No liquid water, but polar ice caps and appears to have ground water.

ATMOSPHERE 78% = N , 21% = O 2 2 95% = CO2, 3% = N2 1% = CO , A & others 2 >1% O2

MAGNETIC FIELD Yes Weak

LAND SURFACE Chiefl y Silicates A typical weathered volcanic soil.

TEMPERATURE moderate variations At the equator: mostly below zero min. = -127° F min. = -150° F max. = 136° F max. = 80° F

LIFE Abundant, many forms, heavily depending Little protection against the sun's radiations on liquid water, and in most cases, oxygen. that UV would quickly kill any unprotected Earth organisms. SOLAR INPUT (at surface) ≅ 1000 watts ≅ 500 watts m2 m2 From a copyrighted activity of Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Global Science: Energy, Resources, Environment

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Every year— 37,687 pounds of new minerals must be provided for every person in the United States to make the things we use every day

8,343 lbs. Stone used to make roads, buildings, 12 lbs. Copper used in buildings; electrical & electronic bridges, landscaping, and for numerous chemical parts; plumbing; transportation and construction uses 10 lbs. Lead 75% used for transportation— batteries, 5,937 lbs. Sand & Gravel used to make concrete, electrical, communications and TV screens asphalt, roads, blocks & bricks 7 lbs. Zinc used to make metals rust resistant, various 530 lbs. Cement used to make roads, sidewalks, metals & alloys, paint, rubber, skin creams, health care bridges, buildings, schools and houses and nutrition

187 lbs. Iron Ore used to make steel— buildings; cars, 44 lbs. Soda Ash used to make all kinds of glass; in trucks, planes & trains; other construction; containers powdered detergents; medicines; as a food additive; photography; water treatment

409 lbs. Salt used in various chemicals; highway deicing; food & agriculture 3 lbs. Manganese used to make almost all steels for construction, machinery and transportation 195 lbs. Phosphate Rock used to make fertilizers to grow food; and as animal feed supplements 403 lbs. Other Nonmetal s have numerous uses: glass, chemicals, soaps, paper, computers, cell phones 156 lbs. Clays XVHG WR PDNH ÀRRU ZDOO WLOH GLQQHUZDUH kitty litter; bricks & cement; paper 19 lbs. Other Metals have the same uses as nonmetals but also electronics, TV & video equipment, recreation used to make buildings, 52 lbs. Aluminum (Bauxite) equipment, and more beverage containers, autos, and airplanes Plus These Energy Fuels ‡  JDOORQV RI Petroleum ‡  OEV RI Coal ‡  FX IW RI Natural Gas ‡  OE RI Uranium To generate the energy each person uses in one year— equivalent to 300 people working around the clock for each of us.

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What's the difference between today Pounds of minerals and metals used and 200 years ago? every year by the average American 1776 2010 To maintain our standard of living requires the Aluminum (bauxite) 0 52 continual production of raw materials. Cement 12 530 Those materials provide our food, our homes, Clay 100 156 schools, hospitals, and factories, and the equipment Coal 40 6,988 Copper 1 12 and energy to make them operate. Iron Ore 20 187 In 1776, when America became independent, Lead 2 10 people's needs were more simple, requiring fewer Phosphate 0 195 natural resources. Most people never travelled Potash 1 22 Salt 4 409 more than 20 miles from their birthplace in their Sand, gravel & stone 1,000 14,280 entire lifetime. Sulfur 1 73 Think about your life style today compared with Zinc 0.5 7 living more than 200 years ago. List things that are All Others 18.8 14,766 Total different. 1,200 37,687 pounds/capita/year

Sources: USGS, Nat'l Mining Assoc., Energy Information Admin., US Census

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