Prospecting

1) Geological prospecting methods of ores

2) What are the field evidences of mineralization which can be useful in mineral prospecting?
3) Geobotanical prospecting method
4) Discuss the metal detecting and metalliferous mineral prospecting in relation to Geobotanical,
Geochemical and Geophysical methods.
5) Discuss the geologic processes, environmental conditions and types of deposited sediments
during depositional environment.
6) Discuss the geobotanical method of prospecting, adding a note on the relevant technique of
sampling. Which prospecting method(s) will you recommend" for prospecting of gold and why?
Write in detail on different methods of geophysical prospecting. Illustrate your answer with
suitable sketches.
7) Describe the electrical well-logging as appiled to the prospecting of ore deposits.
8) Geophysical Methods of Prospecting of Base-metals
9) Enlist various methods of prospecting of ore. Discuss in detail the sub-surface methods of
exploration for copper and groundwater bodies
10) Describe the methods of geological prospecting giving their applications and limitations.
11) Describe the geochemical methods of prospecting and its applications.
12) Describe any 2 methods of interpreting geochemical data for recognition of geochemical anomaly.
13) Describe geochemical prospecting methods and the geological conditions in which these are
adopted
14) Enumerate in detail hydrogeochemical and biogeochemical prospecting methods.
15) How Pedogeochemical prospecting helps in prospecting mineral deposits?
16) Write a note on geochemical sampling.
17) Biogeochemical and geobotanical prospecting of sulphide minerals.
18) Geobotanical method of Ore Prospecting
19) Briefly describe the principles and applications of self-potential and induced polarization methods
of electrical prospecting
20) Discuss in brief morphology and mode of occurrence of massive sulphide deposits in marine
conditions.
21) Application of geomorphology in mineral prospecting
22) How are soil geochemical prospecting methods useful in the detection of secondary dispersion
pattern of copper deposits?
23) Self-potential and induced-potential methods of prospecting
24) What are the different types of mineral deposits, where (i) Magnetic (ii} Self-potential (iii)
Resistivity and (iv)Gravity methods of Geophysical prospecting are applied.
25) Describe the electrical methods of prospecting and critically review their limitations.
26) What is Prospecting? Give a brief description of the various techniques of prospecting.
27) With suitable examples, define indicator and pathfinder elements in geo-chemical prospecting.
What is the criteria for selecting indicator elements?
28) Compare and contrast the corrections used in gravity and magnetic methods of mineral
prospecting.
29) Duty and responsibility of sample collector in mineral prospection.