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MINERAL RESOURCES

        EXAMPLES OF OIL AND GAS TRAPS                        MAJOR COAL, OIL, AND GAS DEPOSITS
                                          Pinch-
           Impermeable      Folded        out   Water-saturated
           rock             impermeable         permeable rock
                    Oil     rock
                                                       Fault
                                                      Gas
       Water-
       saturated               Fault
                                                      Oil
       permeable
       rock       FAULT TRAP           PINCH-OUT TRAP
                Anticline  Water-     Folded     Water -
         Folded            saturated   impermeable   saturated
         impermeable       permeable   rock      permeable
         rock              rock                  rock           Coal                Oil and gas
          Gas
          Oil                    Oil
                                                       Impermeable
                                                       salt dome

                ANTICLINE TRAP         SALT-DOME TRAP                              Anticline  Impermeable
                                                                              Sea             rock layer
                                                                      Land                    folded to form
                                                                                              oil and gas trap
        HOW AN ANTICLINE TRAP IS FORMED
        Layer of sediment                                   Sea
        containing decayed   Sea  Increasing layers
        plant and animal         of overlying
        matter                   sediment
                                                                                                   Gas




        Old                  Oil and gas formed                                               Oil
        seabed               by chemical reactions,               Water-saturated
                             heat, and pressure                   permeable rock
             DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC          FORMATION OF OIL            COLLECTION OF OIL AND GAS IN
                   MATERIAL                     AND GAS                      ANTICLINE TRAP


        MINERALIZATION ZONES
                                     Volcano              Subduction zone  Oceanic crust    Mid-ocean
                                                                                            ridge
        Continental
        crust














                                                    Lead,   Chromium
                                     Copper,        zinc,               Manganese,
                       Copper,       gold, silver,   and                cobalt, and   Copper
      Tin, tungsten,   zinc, gold,   tin, lead, and   copper            nickel        and zinc
      bismuth, and copper  and chromium  mercury

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