The scientific study of the Earth's sources of mineral raw materials, including precious and base metals, nonmetallic minerals and construction-grade stone, together with the practical application of that knowledge. The field is primarily focused on metallic mineral deposits and mineral resources, and its practitioners describe it plainly as the application of geology. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionEconomic geology is a subdiscipline of the geosciences specializing in the scientific study of earth materials of economic and industrial value, particularly mineral and metal deposits, and their practical extraction. 1 ScopeEconomic geology studies the origin, distribution and extraction of economically valuable earth materials, principally ore deposits, industrial minerals and fossil fuels. 1 SignificanceEconomic geology guides the exploration and responsible extraction of the metals and minerals that underlie modern industry and the energy transition. 1 Connections
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Iron ore minerals such as hematite are a central subject of economic geology's mineral deposit study.
Source Economic Geology (Wikipedia)
Has Scientist
Wikipedia "Arthur Lakes": described as "an economic geologist, guiding mineral exploration".
Source Wikidata: Arthur Lakes
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Fluorite is economically significant as a steelmaking flux and as the primary industrial source of fluorine/hydrofluoric acid.
Source Fluorite (Wikipedia)
Magnetite is one of the two principal iron ore minerals, mined at industrial scale.
Source Magnetite (Wikipedia)
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1. Economic Geology (Wikipedia)
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Economic geology is concerned with earth materials that can be used for economic and industrial purposes.
Fluorite (Wikipedia)
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Metallurgical grade fluorite (60-85% CaF2), the lowest of the three grades, has traditionally been used as a flux to lower the melting point of raw materials in steel production to aid the removal of impurities.
Magnetite (Wikipedia)
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Due to its high iron content, magnetite has long been a major iron ore.
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