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deposit
vr.tr.deposit · thing-deposit
Let an agent handle geological deposits by process, type, location and uses, and separate financial deposit senses.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.FLW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Process How it forms.
Agent
River, wind, ice.
Agent
Depositional agent.
- Which agent deposited this material? definition
- What evidence shows it? provenance
Rate
Sedimentation rate.
Rate
Rate.
- How fast does deposition occur here? measurement
- How was it measured? provenance
Type Kinds.
Kind
Classification.
Kind
Deposit type.
- What type of deposit is it? definition
- What does the geological map show? provenance
Age
Dating.
Age
Age.
- How old is the deposit? measurement
- Which dating method was used? provenance
Resources Ore and aggregates.
Ore
Mineral deposits.
Ore
Ore deposits.
- Is the mineral resource reported under a recognised code? provenance
- Is it a resource or a reserve? boundary
Extraction
Impacts.
Extraction
Extraction impacts.
- What permits and environmental assessments apply? provenance
- What are the impacts? boundary
Senses Disambiguation.
Bank
Money deposit.
Bank
Financial sense.
- Is a bank deposit or security deposit meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Medical
Tissue deposits.
Medical
Medical sense.
- Is a deposit in body tissue meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.phenomenon
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.FLW
- Facets: substance
- energy
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- sedimentation, alluviation, mother lode, champion lode, lode, load
What it is Filled
The accumulation of sediment, gravel or minerals by natural processes such as rivers, wind, glaciers or hydrothermal activity (sedimentation, alluviation), and the resulting body, including ore deposits such as lodes.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle geological deposits by process, type, location and uses, and separate financial deposit senses.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Accumulation of material
- Many agents of deposition
- Forms landforms and resources
- Records environmental history
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Overstate the size or grade of a mineral deposit to attract investment.
- Help extract minerals without the permits and landowner or community consent required.
- Remove material from protected geological sites.
- Confuse a geological deposit with a bank deposit or other sense of the word.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing resource estimates or advising on extraction.
May
- Describe sediment and ore deposits from geological surveys, citing them.
- Report resource estimates only with the reporting code and confidence they were made under.
Moral aspects Filled
- Mineral deposits draw extraction that can displace communities and damage water and land.
- False resource claims have defrauded investors.
Who is affected
- Local and Indigenous communities
- Investors
- Ecosystems near extraction
Owners Filled
Steward
The mineral rights holder or the state, depending on jurisdiction; geological surveys keep the records.
Master systems
- National geological survey databases
- Mineral rights and mining cadastres
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-11437786-n - registry parent class
related
- geological process and result - category
- erosion - opposite
- sedimentary rock - result
- deposit (bank) - another sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.deposit
- Open English WordNet: oewn-11465491-n
Direct properties required Filled
- Deposit thickness: metres - Thickness is measured between deposit boundaries using exposures, boreholes or interpreted geophysical observations.
- Particle diameter: millimetres - Particle size in unconsolidated deposits is measured by sieving, imaging or sedimentation analysis and reported as a distribution.
- Bulk density: kilograms per cubic metre - Bulk density is measured as sample mass divided by total sample volume with moisture condition stated.
- Porosity: percent - Porosity is measured as the fraction of total deposit volume occupied by voids using a method appropriate to the material.
- Mineral mass fraction: percent - Representative samples are analyzed to determine the mass fraction of a specified mineral with sampling and analytical methods recorded.
Recognition required Filled
- Sediment layers and alluvial fans
- Mineral lodes and veins
- Bank deposits are a different sense
- Layers of sand, silt, gravel or mineral veins.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify depositional processes
- describe types of deposits
- find geological survey information
- separate financial senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Overstating mineral resources
- Sediment-related flooding
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Mineral resource reporting codes such as JORC
- Mining and planning law
Context of use required Filled
- Geology, resources, landscapes and hazard understanding.
- alluvial deposits
- glacial deposits
- aeolian deposits
- marine sediments
- ore deposits and lodes
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-11465491-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: deposit - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should deposit types be separate entries?
- How should geological maps be linked?
- How should financial senses be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-deposit/spec.json