Ore genesis
Ore genesis
How the various types of mineral deposits form within the Earth's crust.
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Copper extraction
Process of extracting copper from the ground.
18%
Mother lode
Principal vein of gold or silver ore.
17%
Ore
Rock or sediment with valuable metals, minerals and elements.
15%
Skarn
Hard, coarse-grained, hydrothermally altered metamorphic rocks.
13%
Orogeny
Formation of mountain ranges.
9.8%
Banded iron formation
Layered iron-rich sedimentary rock.
9.8%
Late Heavy Bombardment
Hypothesized astronomical event.
5.4%
Ultramafic rock
Type of igneous and meta-igneous rock.
3.8%
Magnetite
Iron ore mineral.
3.5%
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Ore
Rock or sediment with valuable metals, minerals and elements.
23%
Bog iron
Form of iron ore deposited in bogs.
11%
Hydrothermal vent
Fissure in a planet's surface from which heated water emits.
10%
Uranium ore
Economically recoverable concentrations of uranium within the Earth's crust.
6.8%
Vein (geology)
Sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
6.7%
Skarn
Hard, coarse-grained, hydrothermally altered metamorphic rocks.
5.5%
Gold mining
Process of extracting gold from the ground.
5.1%
Limonite
Hydrated iron oxide mineral.
5%
Gold extraction
Process of extracting gold from ore.
3.9%
Breccia
Rock composed of angular fragments.
3.3%