Mineral Wealth of Atlantic Canada Answers

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Mineral Wealth of Atlantic Canada answers

1. How many minerals are produced in Atlantic Canada? 29 2. What are the nails found in a hardware store made of? Where do we get these materials in Atlantic Canada? Iron ore from Newfoundland and Zinc from New Brunswick 3. Who is mapping the geology of Atlantic Canada? Geologists from (4 places) Universities Federal Government Provincial Government Private Companies 4. Who typically makes the original discoveries of minerals? Where? Prospectors in places rarely traveled, remote areas, forests, rivers and streams. 5. What kind of equipment is brought in when geologists believe an area has minerals? Magnetic and electrical sensing equipment. 6. Where are mineral deposits found? The crust 7. What types of minerals have been detected on the sea floor? Lead, zinc and copper. 8. Where have we found these minerals on land? Buckins Newfoundland, Sterling Nova Scotia and NE New Brunswick 9. Where is one of the largest zinc producers in the world? NB 10. What type of drills do they use to find more ore underground? Why do they use this type of drill? Diamond drills, hardness 11. What type of samples provide information for geologists? Core samples 12. How is the zinc used? Car batteries, copper for wire, zinc for galvanizing. 13. How was the zinc formed? During the creation of new seafloor crust. 14. What minerals are formed during the destruction of crust? Granite, antimony, tin 15. Where is Canada’s only antimony producer found? Lake George NB 16. What are some uses for antimony? Hardner for lead batteries, shields for use in space, flame retardants for clothing 17. Where is North Americans only tin mine? When did it open? How long was this after the initial discovery of tin? 1984. 10 years, Near Yarmouth 18. What is the tin used for? Metal food containers, sodder, bronze, brass, pewter and plastic. 19. How is iron ore formed originally? Result of precipitation of ancient oceans 20. Where is one of the largest known quantities of iron in the world? Labrador City, Newfoundland 21. What other minerals are found in Atlantic Canada? How were these minerals formed? Gypsum, salt, potash, and limestone. Formed after most of Atlantic Canada were covered in inland seas (underwater), the water evaporated in the hot climate and were buried under new sediment. 22. Where is the largest gypsum mine in North America found? How much of the raw gypsum used in the U.S is formed there? N.S? 10% 23. After the inland seas gradually filled the climate changed and the plants died and formed peat. The peat was buried and the heat and pressure increased with more Geology 12 Name:______2 Ms. Pushie Date:______

and more sediment (buried deeper and deeper). This process formed what? Coal formed? 24. What happens to the land after the surface mining is complete? Return it to a natural condition. 25. What is crushed rock and cement used for? Building roads, mixed with limestone and crushed rock to create concrete for building 26. Millions are dollars are needed to develop a mine, what is else is needed? Geologists Prospectors Metalogists Geophysisists Mining engineers