A diagram depicting all required processes of development of a mineral body, in sequence beginning with raw ore and ending in the refined mineral
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A chemical process used to separate minerals by causing them to dissolve and rise to the surface of a solution. Cyanide is an agent used in the flotation of gold
A low lying area of land prone to flooding
To compound or aggregate smaller particles into larger ones
A prospecting terms used to describe the evaluation of previous activity through the dumps and tailings of a mineral deposits past operators
Rocks and minerals loosened and transported from their origin through natural forces
Holes drilled in a sequence which allow the geological characteristics, constituents and patterns of the underlying rock to be determined
A split, crack, fracture or break
A body of rock that can be characteristically defined
The release of a particles energy by having its atomic nucleus split into 2 or more lighter nuclei, induced by collision with other particles