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g Drilling : When deep wells are bored to leading producers of tin in the world. China is
take out the mineral, the process is called also a leading producer of lead, antimony and
drilling. Petroleum and natural gas are tungsten. Deposits of manganese, bauxite, nickel,
extracted by this method. zinc and copper are also found in Asia.

g Quarrying : When minerals are simply dug Europe
out from near the surface, the process is Europe possesses a large variety of minerals. The
called quarrying. availability of minerals in Europe was one of the
DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS causes of the Industrial Revolution. The main
Minerals are unevenly distributed over the minerals found are iron ore, bauxite, zinc, lead,
surface of the earth. Rich and adequate mineral sulphur, potash, copper and mercury.
deposits are found only in selected places. g Europe is the leading producer of iron ore
However, due to extensive mining most of the and the deposits are distributed throughout
rich mineral deposits have either been exhausted the continent. The main producers are
or are on the verge of exhaustion. Minerals found Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Germany, France,
in insufficient quantities are not worth mining, Sweden and UK.
due to the high cost of extraction. Let us study g Bauxite, the ore of aluminum, is found in
about the distribution of minerals in different Germany, France, Norway, Austria, UK,
continents. Russia and Italy.
Asia g Rich deposits of lead and zinc are found in

Iron ore deposits are found in China and India. Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and
Asia produces more than half of the world’s tin. Poland.
China, Malaysia and Indonesia are among the
MINERALS

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Zn Ag Cu
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Au Au Au Ag Zn Pb
Pb Zn Ag Au
Ag Au Ag Cu Au
Ag Au Ag U Cu Ag Zn Pb Au
Au Zn Pb
Zn
Zn Pb Cu Au
Ag Au Sn
Au Zn Pb Cu U Au AI Hg
Cu Ag Au Cu Cu Pb Sn U Ag Hg Cu Zn Pb Sn
Pb Cu U Au Pb Ag Zn U Cu Ag
Au AI Ag Zn Pb
Cu Ag Zn Pb Au
Ag Mg AI Zn Hg
Ag AI Pb Au Cu Cu
Sn Hg Zn Pb Ag Sb Cu Ag Mg
Hg Ag Zn Zn Hg Cu Zn Pb
U Ag U Hg Pb Ag Pb Au
Zn Ag Zn Pb Ag Zn Pb Cu Sn Ag Sn Ag
Au Ag Cu AI Cu
Zn Zn Pb
Cu Cu Cu Ag Zn Pb Zn Pb Cu Au
Au Pb
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Cu Au Cu Cu Cu AI Cu AI Cu Ag Sn AI Sn
Hg Cu Cu AI Cu
Ag AI AI Sn AI AI
Sb Ag Au Sn Au
Au AI Au Sn Au Hg Cu
Cu Au AI Au AI Cu
Au AI AI AI Au Sn Cu
Equator Au Cu AI Au Au AI
Ag Cu AI U Au Sn
Au Hg Ag Au
Au Cu Ag
Cu Sn
Pb Zn Sn Ag
Au Pb Zn AI AI
Hg Ag Cu AI U
Au Au Zn
Pb Sn
Ag Sn Pb
Tropic of Capricorn Pb Zn AI U Au Ag
Ag Au Pt U Au
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NON-FERROUS METALS
Sb Antimony Pb Lead Sn Tin AI Bauxite Hg Mercury Zn Zine Cu Copper Mg Magnesium U Uranium Au Gold Ag Silver Pt Platinum
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