Mining Quiz
Test your knowledge about mining with this engaging quiz.
Quiz Questions
- Gold was discovered by miners in which region of the Canadian Yukon, in 1896?
- Which safety lamp was first tested at Hebburn colliery in January 1816?
- What is mined at Winsford, Cheshire in the U.K.'s largest and oldest working mine?
- What is the name of the South African mining company founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1888?
- In which country is El Tenient, the world's largest underground copper mine?
- Coober Pedy in South Australia is famous for the mining of what?
- Galena is a principal ore of which metal?
- Bauxite is a sedimentary rock and the world's main source of which metal?
- Which gas, dangerous to miners, is commonly known as "firedamp"?
- Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales is a tourist attraction known for what sort of mines?
- Kimberley Mine, famous for its diamond production, is in which country?
- Escondida is a copper mine in which desert?
- Which big country is the world's largest producer of uranium? Hint: Canada is the next largest producer, followed by Australia.
- In which English county is the South Crofty tin mine?
- What is the process called where minerals are separated from ore by using chemicals?
- Which country accounts for 80% of global platinum production?
- What type of coal has the highest carbon content?
- Which semi-precious mineral is mined in Derbyshire for its ornamental value?
- The Kisanfu Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo produced an estimated 25.5 thousand tonnes of what in 2023?
- Which American state, nicknamed "The Equality State", is by far the top coal-producing state in the United States?
- In which country did an infamous mining disaster occur in 2010, trapping 33 miners underground for 69 days?
- In the 2024 news, there's been a proposed project for a large underground coal mine in which English county?
Answers
- The Klondike
- The Davy safety lamp
- Salt (rock salt)
- De Beers
- Chile
- Opals
- Lead
- Aluminium
- Methane
- Slate
- South Africa
- Atacama Desert (in Antofagasta Region, Chile)
- Kazakhstan
- Cornwall
- Leaching
- South Africa
- Anthracite
- Blue John
- Cobalt
- Wyoming
- Chile
- Cumbria