C) Local Geology Tasks: Task 1: Identify the major mineral(s) from the ore found at the surface 200mE, 200mN on the local grid identified in the Local Geology Map from the provided XRD scan (Mineral...

Rush Creek Prospect report
Rush Creek Prospect
report
Copper Mineralization





Table of contents
I. Executive Summary
II. Introduction
III. Results and Discussion
IV. Conclusion
V. References Cited
VI. Appendices
a. Regional Geology map – Appendix I
b. Rush Creek Cross Section – Appendix II
c. Mineralization Data – Appendix III

Executive Summary

The geological histories of the Rush Creek Prospect suggest that this area has been eroded from
several years. The site marked on the Geological map of Rush creek prospect shows that this
area is completely surrounded by minerals like Tornalite and Augite. Copper can be extracted
from these minerals economically as they are rich in copper and the quantities of these minerals
are distributed in a very large area. So by setting a mineralization plant in Rush creek we can
harness and utilize the copper ores from the neighboring areas successfully. Mineral analysis of
from the mineral data available shows that a lot of copper minerals are available in sufficient
from where the company can extract copper economically.
Introduction

Geological history of a particular region can be studied using various methods described below.
Geological history can tell us about the mineral availability and plate movement year by year on
a particular land. It is helpful in predicting the future usage of the land and possibilities of
movement of plates. There are a number of Principles which are relied on, in establishing the
relative ages of rocks. Some of these are quite self evident but they still need to be formally
stated. We have already assumed that sediments are deposited horizontally and that rocks which
are deeper in the crust are older than those nearer to the surface. These are the subjects of the
first two principles.
 The principle of original horizontality
Beds were originally deposited horizontally.
If they are no longer horizontal, then they have been deformed.
 The principle of superposition
In any sequence of undeformed strata, the oldest layer is at the bottom and successively
higher layers are younger.
This, of course, does not apply where sequences of beds have been overturned by folding.
 The principle of original continuity
A sedimentary layer forms a continuous sheet at the time of its deposition.
Its continuity does, however, have finite limits. It may gradually change to a bed of another
composition, or it may thin out and disappear or it may abut against the underlying rocks. This
does not mean that everything in the past was the same as at present. It is apparent that the early
atmosphere did not contain oxygen. Vulcanism may have been more frequent than it is today but
volcanoes were essentially the same. We can recognise the cyclic nature of geological events,
e.g. mountains erode, material is transported, deposited and lithified and later may be involved in
mountain-building processes,...