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awywial

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Name three factors that determine whether a known mineral resource in an area can become a reserve. What will be an ideal response?

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What is a rock-forming mineral? What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Any three of the following: market price/technology/cost (e.g., labor, transportation, location).

Answer to Question 2

A mineral that is sufficiently common in a type of rock that it can be used for identification and
classification of that rock type.




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