Answers to Quiz on Volcanic Minerals

  1. On a daily basis, most of us use the following metals mined, at least in part, from volcanic ore deposits:
    • e. all of the above
  2. Which of these economic materials are found in kimberlite pipes:
    • d. diamonds
  3. Which of these economic materials are formed by hydrothermal fluids at submarine volcanoes:
    • c. copper, lead, zinc
  4. Which of these economic materials can be produced by deep weathering of basalt:
    • a. aluminum
  5. Which of these economic materials are found in komatiite lava flows:
    • e. nickel
  6. Porphyry deposits are found in:
    • b. the eroded plumbing systems of volcanoes
  7. Diamonds form under the following conditions:
    • c. pressure 60,000 times greater than the surface and a temperature of about 1500 C
  8. As a nest-egg for your retirement would it be best to have a kilogram of:
    • d. diamonds