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RichardWSmith: /* Dust Mining */

2024-07-05T23:56:50Z

Dust Mining

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	===[[Dust]] Mining===		===[[Dust]] Mining===
	Martian [[Dust\|dust]] is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, sulphur, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make ~~lower~~ quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.		Martian [[Dust\|dust]] is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, sulphur, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make low quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives or sintering with heat. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: /* Dust Mining */ Added sulphur

2024-07-05T23:55:42Z

Dust Mining: Added sulphur

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	===[[Dust]] Mining===		===[[Dust]] Mining===
	Martian [[Dust\|dust]] is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.		Martian [[Dust\|dust]] is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, sulphur, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: /* Dust Mining */ Added link

2024-07-05T22:36:11Z

Dust Mining: Added link

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	When resources are available close to the surface, a strip mine is the most efficient method of extraction. The layers of [[regolith]] covering the resource are taken away, and the exposed ore is mined. This method is also called open-pit mining, or regolith harvesting, depending on the depth of the work.		When resources are available close to the surface, a strip mine is the most efficient method of extraction. The layers of [[regolith]] covering the resource are taken away, and the exposed ore is mined. This method is also called open-pit mining, or regolith harvesting, depending on the depth of the work.

	===Dust Mining===		===[[Dust]] Mining===
	Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.		Martian [[Dust\|dust]] is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: Added link

2024-07-05T22:34:01Z

Added link

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	===Dust Mining===		===Dust Mining===
	Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.		Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better [[Brick\|bricks]] with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

Michel Lamontagne: /* Dust Mining */

2024-07-04T17:17:38Z

Dust Mining

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	===Dust Mining===		===Dust Mining===
	Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place ~~that~~ the wind deposits dust, could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled.		Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can be used to make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place where the wind deposits dust could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled. The refill rate may be lower than the extraction rate for larger settlements.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: /* Resources */ Ores formed from water and vulcanism.

2024-07-04T11:15:32Z

Resources: Ores formed from water and vulcanism.

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	Mines are built to take advantage of the mineral concentrations created by various planetary processes. If the resources is not sufficiently concentrated, the mining processes are not economical. Mechanisms for mineral concentrations on Mars are mostly hypothetical and the discovery of useful bodies of ore awaits the advent of Martian geologists.		Mines are built to take advantage of the mineral concentrations created by various planetary processes. If the resources is not sufficiently concentrated, the mining processes are not economical. Mechanisms for mineral concentrations on Mars are mostly hypothetical and the discovery of useful bodies of ore awaits the advent of Martian geologists.
	Satellite detection has discovered potentially useful resources, such as clays.		Satellite detection has discovered potentially useful resources, such as clays.

			Most ores on Earth are created by water, vulcanism, or both. Since Mars has had wide spread flowing water, and volcanoes all over the planet, it is likely that Mars will have valuable ores. (Much more so than Earth's Luna, which didn't have water.)

	==Technology==		==Technology==

RichardWSmith: /* Secondary use for mining galleries */ increasing gravity with circular railway.

2024-07-04T10:53:43Z

Secondary use for mining galleries: increasing gravity with circular railway.

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	[[File:Tunnel and digger.jpg\|thumb\|450x450px\|Before and after image of a tunnel settlement.]]		[[File:Tunnel and digger.jpg\|thumb\|450x450px\|Before and after image of a tunnel settlement.]]
	The [[artificial cave]]s created by mining can be a valuable side effect of subsurface mining. They can be used to expand the [[settlement]] with storage rooms, [[house\|living rooms]], underground [[greenhouse]]s, gas container for [[energy storage]] or for storage of [[:category:chemistry\|chemicals]]. They could be used as a [[Storm shelter]] during solar storms.		The [[artificial cave]]s created by mining can be a valuable side effect of subsurface mining. They can be used to expand the [[settlement]] with storage rooms, [[house\|living rooms]], underground [[greenhouse]]s, gas container for [[energy storage]] or for storage of [[:category:chemistry\|chemicals]]. They could be used as a [[Storm shelter]] during solar storms.

			If it is learned that Mars' gravity is detrimental to human health, a centrifuge could increase gravity for the Martians. Placing it underground avoids dust, and radiation. A circular railway a km in diameter is a possibility. See [[Low gravity]] for further discussion.

	==See also==		==See also==

RichardWSmith: /* Dust Mining */

2024-07-04T10:49:59Z

Dust Mining

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	===Dust Mining===		===Dust Mining===
	Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place that the wind deposits dust, could be an easy to mine ~~resource~~.		Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place that the wind deposits dust, could be an easy to mine location, which will gradually be refilled.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: /* Surface Mining Methods */ Added dust mining.

2024-07-04T10:49:05Z

Surface Mining Methods: Added dust mining.

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	===Strip Mining===		===Strip Mining===
	When resources are available close to the surface, a strip mine is the most efficient method of extraction. The layers of [[regolith]] covering the resource are taken away, and the exposed ore is mined. This method is also called open-pit mining, or regolith harvesting, depending on the depth of the work.		When resources are available close to the surface, a strip mine is the most efficient method of extraction. The layers of [[regolith]] covering the resource are taken away, and the exposed ore is mined. This method is also called open-pit mining, or regolith harvesting, depending on the depth of the work.

			===Dust Mining===
			Martian dust is distributed everywhere by the wind, and it is iron rich. Silicon, magnesium, calcium, oxygen and other elements can be extracted from it. It can make lower quality bricks with no modification, or better bricks with modest additives. Any place that the wind deposits dust, could be an easy to mine resource.

	==Subsurface Mining Methods==		==Subsurface Mining Methods==

RichardWSmith: /* Secondary use for mining galleries */ Added storm shelter for solar storms.

2024-07-04T10:45:21Z

Secondary use for mining galleries: Added storm shelter for solar storms.

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	==Secondary use for mining galleries==		==Secondary use for mining galleries==
	[[File:Tunnel and digger.jpg\|thumb\|450x450px\|Before and after image of a tunnel settlement.]]		[[File:Tunnel and digger.jpg\|thumb\|450x450px\|Before and after image of a tunnel settlement.]]
	The [[artificial cave]]s created by mining can be a valuable side effect of subsurface mining. They can be used to expand the [[settlement]] with storage rooms, [[house\|living rooms]], underground [[greenhouse]]s, gas container for [[energy storage]] or for storage of [[:category:chemistry\|chemicals]].		The [[artificial cave]]s created by mining can be a valuable side effect of subsurface mining. They can be used to expand the [[settlement]] with storage rooms, [[house\|living rooms]], underground [[greenhouse]]s, gas container for [[energy storage]] or for storage of [[:category:chemistry\|chemicals]]. They could be used as a [[Storm shelter]] during solar storms.

	==See also==		==See also==