4.4 KiB
Market evidence report — mine-geologist
Source: 32 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 32), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 17 | 53 % |
| senior | 10 | 31 % |
| lead | 3 | 9 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulcan | 12 | 38 % |
| 2 | Leapfrog | 8 | 25 % |
| 3 | AcQuire | 7 | 22 % |
| 4 | Leapfrog Geo | 7 | 22 % |
| 5 | ArcGIS | 4 | 12 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 10 | 31 % |
| 2 | resource estimation | 10 | 31 % |
| 3 | geological mapping | 9 | 28 % |
| 4 | geological modeling | 8 | 25 % |
| 5 | data interpretation | 6 | 19 % |
| 6 | mineral resource estimation | 5 | 16 % |
| 7 | core logging | 4 | 12 % |
| 8 | data validation | 4 | 12 % |
| 9 | geological data collection | 4 | 12 % |
| 10 | geological interpretation | 4 | 12 % |
| 11 | grade control | 4 | 12 % |
| 12 | data collection | 3 | 9 % |
| 13 | geologic modeling | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | mapping | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | project management | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | resource modeling | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | sampling techniques | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grade control | 4 | 12 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report generation | 4 | 12 % |
| 2 | report preparation | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | safety compliance | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | technical report preparation | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 32 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
32 ads.
Top hard skills:
- data analysis — 31 % (10 ads)
- resource estimation — 31 % (10 ads)
- geological mapping — 28 % (9 ads)
- geological modeling — 25 % (8 ads)
- data interpretation — 19 % (6 ads)
- mineral resource estimation — 16 % (5 ads)
- core logging — 12 % (4 ads)
- data validation — 12 % (4 ads)
- geological data collection — 12 % (4 ads)
- geological interpretation — 12 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Vulcan — 38 % (12 ads)
- Leapfrog — 25 % (8 ads)
- AcQuire — 22 % (7 ads)
- Leapfrog Geo — 22 % (7 ads)
- ArcGIS — 12 % (4 ads)
- AutoCAD — 6 % (2 ads)
- Micromine — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 6 % (2 ads)
- MS Access — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 53 % · senior 31 % · lead 9 % · junior 3 % · n/a 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Mine Geologist | 7 |
| NGM - Senior Mine Geologist (Underground or Surface) | 2 |
| Barrick - Exploration Principal Geologist | 1 |
| Chief Mine Geologist | 1 |
| Geologist | 1 |
| Geologist - Mine | 1 |
| Geologist Exploration Project | 1 |
| Graduate Mine Geologist | 1 |
| Lead Mine Geologist - Resource Exploration | 1 |
| Lead Mine Geologist Ore Control & Planning | 1 |
| Mine Geologist — On‑Site Camp, 15/13 Rotation | 1 |
| NGM - Resource Geologist | 1 |
| Principal Mine Geology | Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Denver, Toronto or Santiago |
| Production Geologist | 1 |
| Project Geologist - Gunnison Project | 1 |
| Senior Exploration Geologist | 1 |
| Senior Geologist | 1 |
| Senior Mine Geologist | 1 |
| Senior Mine Geologist: Grade Control & Geometallurgy Lead | 1 |
| Senior Mine Resource Geologist | 1 |
| Senior Mine Resource Geologist - Model & Feasibility Lead | 1 |
| Senior Resource Geologist - Mine Modeling & Growth | 1 |
| Senior/Principal Geologist | 1 |
| Underground Mine Geologist | 1 |
| Underground Mine Geologist - Remote Camp & Growth | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.