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Mineral Deposits

Mineral deposit - a naturally occurring accumulation of


mineral material of potential economic value

Banded Iron Deposit, Lake Superior

Ore - the naturally occurring material from which a mineral


can be profitably extracted
N. Lindsley-Griffin, Dolgoff, 1998

Mineral Deposits

The plate tectonic setting controls


which mineral deposits form
Fig. 16.21, p. 493

N. Lindsley-Griffin, 1999

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