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Formation of deposits

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Causal animation of two models: hydrothermal vein and sedimentary chemical manganese deposition. No predicted age, grade or tonnage is calculated. The nature of the ores depends on the geological system; a stratiform deposit is not always of purely sedimentary origin.

USGS · deposit models
USGS · manganese deposits
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Understand: How is a deposit formed?

Linking material transport, geological concentration and economic interest.

A deposit results from geological processes that concentrate a useful substance. Hydrothermal circulation can transport and then deposit elements in fractures; sedimentation can concentrate particles or form chemical deposits.

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