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Geology Job Interview Questions and Answers
Geology Job Interview Questions and Answers

1 :: What is ‘geologic time’?

Geologic time traces Earth’s history in blocks of time such as eons, eras, periods, epochs. Geologic time is most often presented in a graph called a geologic time scale.
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2 :: Tell me what resources do Manitoba mines produce?

Manitoba mines produce a variety of mineral resources from base and precious metals such as nickel, copper, zinc and gold and specialty metals like cesium. In addition, Manitoba’s industrial minerals include dolomite, spodumene, silver, gypsum, salt, granite, limestone, lime, sand and gravel.
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3 :: What is cathode?

A rectangular plate of metal produced by electrolytic refining which is melted into commercial shapes such as wirebars, billets, ingots, etc.
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4 :: What is concentrator?

A particular type of milling plant that produces a concentrate of valuable minerals or metals. After milling, the concentrate must be treated in another type of plant, such as a smelter, to effect recovery of pure metal.
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5 :: What is gneiss?

A layered or banded crystalline metamorphic rock whose grains are aligned or elongated into a roughly parallel arrangement.
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6 :: What is igneous Rock?

‘Extrusive’ igneous rock is rock formed as a result of magma being forced out of the Earth’s crust and hardening on the surface. ‘Intrusive’ igneous rock is rock formed as a result of magma solidifying within the Earth’s crust.
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7 :: What is mantle?

The layer of the Earth's interior which separates the crust and core.
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8 :: What is magnetism?

The ability of a mineral to be attracted to a magnet.
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9 :: What is minerals?

Naturally occurring chemical elements or compounds with a crystal-like structure.
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10 :: What is reclamation?

The reclaiming and reuse of materials and lands which were once part of a mining operation.
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11 :: What is slag in Geology?

The vitreous mass separated from fused metals in the smelting process.
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12 :: What is tailings?

Material which is rejected from a mill after the recoverable valuable minerals have been extracted.
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13 :: What is geochemists?

Geochemists use physical and inorganic chemistry to investigate the distribution of major and trace elements in ground water and Earth materials, and use organic chemistry to study the composition of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and gas) deposits.
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14 :: Explain me structural geologists?

Structural geologists analyze rocks by studying deformation, fracturing, and folding of the Earth's crust.
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15 :: What is sedimentologists?

Sedimentologists study the nature, origin, distribution, and alteration of sediments such as sand, silt, and mud. Oil, gas, coal and many mineral deposits occur in such sediments.
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16 :: What is volcanologists?

Volcanologists investigate volcanoes and volcanic phenomena to understand these natural hazards and predict eruptions.
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17 :: What is geophysicists?

Geophysicists apply the principles of physics to study the earth's interior and investigate Earth's magnetic, electric, and gravitational fields.
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18 :: What is stope in Geology?

An excavation in a mine from which ore is being extracted, or has been extracted.
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19 :: What is Rock Quarry?

A surface pit site for the extraction of rock.
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20 :: What is natural Resource?

Any raw material which may be used to meet human needs.
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21 :: What is lustre?

A description of the manner in which light reflects from a mineral surface.
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22 :: What is hematite?

A mineral composed of iron oxide.
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23 :: What is drift (or Drive)?

A mining term for a horizontal passage underground that follows along the length of a vein or rock formation.
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24 :: What is concentrate?

A product containing the valuable metal from which most of the waste material in ore has been eliminated.
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25 :: What is alloy?

A compound of two or more metals, usually produced by fusion.
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