24-MMP-A1 General Geology and Exploration
Worked solutions to 4 past sittings (2015–2018), 28 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Ore Mineral Identification (4 sittings): December 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2015 Q1 · May 2015 Q1
- Ore Minerals of Additional Elements (4 sittings): December 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2015 Q1 · May 2015 Q1
- Genetic Classification of Ore Deposits (2 sittings): December 2018 Q2 · May 2015 Q2
- Geochemical Survey Design (2 sittings): December 2015 Q6 · May 2015 Q6
Questions by sitting
December 2018
- Question 1: Ore Mineral Identification and Ore Minerals of Additional Elements
- Question 2: Genetic Classification of Ore Deposits
- Question 3: Geological Cross-Section Interpretation and Joints
- Question 4: Genetic Ore-Forming Processes
- Question 5: Magnetic Methods in Mineral Exploration
- Question 6: Geochemical Sampling and Stream-Sediment Dispersion
- Question 7: Diamond-Core Drilling in Mineral Exploration
May 2018
- Question 1: Ore Mineral Identification and Ore Minerals of Additional Elements
- Question 2: Ore-Hosting Rock Types and Placer Deposits
- Question 3: Structural Geology and Ore Deposits
- Question 4: Magmatic Concentration Processes and Deposit Classification
- Question 5: Geophysical Survey Methods for Mineral Exploration
- Question 6: Materials Sampled in Geochemical Surveys
- Question 7: Drilling in Mineral Exploration
December 2015
- Question 1: Ore Mineral Identification and Ore Minerals of Additional Elements
- Question 2: Ore Deposit Genetic Timing and Geometry – Syngenetic/Epigenetic, Concordant/Discordant
- Question 3: Ore Body Shape and Illustrative Deposit Types
- Question 4: Genetic Environments of Selected Ore Deposit Types
- Question 5: Remote Sensing in Mineral Exploration
- Question 6: Geochemical Survey Design and Exploration Techniques
- Question 7: Sampling Methods and Drilling Program Termination
May 2015
- Question 1: Ore Mineral Identification and Ore Minerals of Additional Elements
- Question 2: Genetic Classification of Ore Deposits
- Question 3: Concordant Sedimentary-Hosted Ore Bodies; Stratiform vs. Stratabound
- Question 4: Genetic Environments of Selected Ore Deposit Types
- Question 5: Geophysical Surveying Methods for Ore Body Detection
- Question 6: Geochemical Survey Design and a Stream-Sediment Case Study
- Question 7: Borehole Drilling Method Selection; Rotary Drilling