Geologic Resources
Geologic Applications
Analytical Methods
Geology as Profession
Using of Resources
100

Which locality in the Philippines has the only suspected occurence of jadeite and blueschist according to the "Gemstone Resources in the Philippines" by Mines and Geosciences Bureau, published in 1982.

Sibalom, Antique

100

Convert N 65 W into bearing

295 degrees

100

What is the best linear unbiased estimator?

Kriging

100

Three governing principles of the Philippine Mineral Reporting Code

Transparency, Materiality, Competence

100

Rejects of the process plant composed of gangue minerals

Tailings

200
Besides from Romblon Island and Pajo, Antique; which locality in the Philippines has confirmed occurence of true marble?

Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro

200

A cave was detected approximately 100 meters below a survey area, what would a gravimetric survey log have displayed that confirmed the presence of a cave?

Negative anomaly
200

What would hinder a LiDAR survey from being effective?

Cloud Cover

200

A small scale mining agreement has a maximum aggregate area of how many percent of such mineral reservation?

25%

200

Methodology that builds understanding of basins and petroleum systems through different levels of focus

Play Based Exploration

300

The Thanksgiving Mine in Baguio is what type of deposit?

Skarn Deposit

300
A nuclear power plant will be situated in a pedological profile of coarse sand. What makes this a stupid idea?

High Potential for Liquefaction, Slumping or Erosion

300

You are assigned to measure the thickness of an inclined strata exposed on a slope in the field, besides a Brunton-type compass clinometer, what apparatus should you use?

Jacob Staff

300

A permittee of an exploration permit has died due to excessive farting, now his heirs claim that they have the right to enter, occupy, and explore the area. Does the heir have legal rights to do such?

YES

300

A diorite was found to be a source rock for a petroleum resource. When the junior geologist told this to his supervising geologist, the supervisor slapped him. Why is that?

Only sedimentary rocks are capable of being a source rock

400

What kind of alteration happens at a deep depth such that it occurs near the multiphase porphyry stock in porphyry copper deposits?

Potassic Alteration

400

A positive anomaly was detected at a granodiorite intrusion in Barangay Larap, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte. Which is the best geophysical method to have detected this anomaly?

Radiometric Method

400

An ore was extracted and the geochemists wanted to map the distribution of tantalum in the minerals of the ore. Which particular analytical technique would you use for quantitative mapping?

Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA)

400

A contractor in a mineral agreement has failed to pay his taxes and fees due the Government for 1 year. He paid the said taxes and fees which the government used for Zaldy Co's sports car. The authority then cancelled his mineral agreement due to consecutive nonpayment. Can the contractor appeal the cancellation?

YES, because the ground for cancellation of permit due to nonpayment is only for two consecutive years of nonpayment

400

A geothermal system is ideal if it has an impermeable reservoir rock, heat source, impermeable cap rock, fluid recharge, and permeability via faults. What is wrong with this sentence?

Reservoir rocks should be permeable

500

What type of volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) is bimodal felsic, occurs in continental margins and is hosted in felsic volcanics with turbidites?

Kuroko-type

500
What is the strength range in Megapascals for competent igneous rock as measured by an unconfined compressive strength test?

80-160 MPa

500

Which phenomenon shows that the variogram values remain constant at maximum value for all separation values which happens when there is no correlation between distance and differences

Nugget Effect

500

A sanitary landfill plan shows that the structure would be built fifty kilometer away from a Holocene Fault. It also shows that the area, during typhoon season, has an estimated precipitation level of 50mm per day. As a geologist, will you approve this plan?

Yes, since the area only needs to be 500m away from active faults and the conditional requirement for rainfall needs to not exceed 300m per day 

500

Two sampling channels has a vein width of 5ft each. The assay of gold on these veins have been determined as 3% Au and 2% Au respectively, determine the average assay assuming equal interval and no minimum stoping width.

2.5% Au