1. Modern Concepts in Earth Science What is a Resource Assessment? Satellite image of Afghanistan

2. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Potential Mineral Supply

3. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Potential Mineral Supply Images from University of Otago New Zealand, Geology

4. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Potential Mineral Supply Images from University of Otago New Zealand, Geology

5. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Environmental Planning Maps of arsenic concentration in soils (left) and water (right) in the Barewood wetland due to mining, New Zealand

6. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Land-use planning

7. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Economic planning Gold and Copper Prices (per ounce ) Data provided by: www.lasallebank.com

8. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Mineral resource assessment procedure Outline: A) Obtain information B) Exploration techniques C) Resource systems D) Commodity assessment E) Product Examples: Copper, Coal, Petroleum

9. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Afghanistan Geologic Map Figure provided by Aims: Afghanistan Information Management Systems

10. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Legend Faults Quaternary Paleogene Tertiary Cretaceous Mesozoic Triassic/Jurassic Triassic Permian Carboniferous Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Paleozoic Precambrian Water Oil and Gas Fields Oil and Gas Fields and Generalized Geology in Afghanistan

11. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Afghanistan Study area Afghanistan Study area Afghanistan Aeromagnetic Maps

12. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Porphyry copper system

13. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Copper Mining

14. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Product: Mineral Resources Assessment

15. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Product: Mineral Resource Assessment Figure: Gems and minerals of Afghanistan. Provided by www.gems-afghan.com

16. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Coal System

17. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Coal Mining

18. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Product: Coal Assessment

19. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Petroleum System

20. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Petroleum Assessment

21. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Petroleum Assessment

22. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Petroleum Assessment

23. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Product: Petroleum Assessment

24. Modern Concepts in Earth Science Review: What is a mineral resource assessment? Involves: 1) Potential Mineral Supply 2) Environmental Planning 3) Land-use Planning 4) Economic Planning Process outline: A) Obtain information B) Exploration techniques C) Resource systems D) Commodity assessment E) Product