Question

Many minerals, such as silver, are good conductors of heat and electricity. How could technology use this property to help identify mineral deposits?

Answer 1

Answer:

This property could be used to create technologically-advanced tools or machines that could easily locate the mineral deposits.

Explanation:

Mineral deposits are hard to find, unless you have the skill or the proper tools in locating them. This is the reason why many people are mining in order to explore the different areas where they could find these deposits.

If one would consider the property of minerals, such as being good conductors of heat and electricity, then they could create a tool or machine that would aid in their exploration. Inventors could probably come up with a sensitive detector which signals when it reaches an area of high heat and electric conductivity. Since most minerals such as gold, silver, copper, galena, bornite and the like have this property, then miners will have a lesser amount of time looking for them.

If this technology will be implemented, though, regulation policy must be strictly implemented because it might lead to over-mining thus leading to the depletion of mineral deposits.