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Algoma-type banded-iron formation deposit

Also known as: Algoma-type BIF deposit

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characteristics

  • hot springs and epithermal veins
    In mineral deposit: Iron deposits

    …of BIF, known as an Algoma type, formed over a much wider time range than the Lake Superior type (from 3.8 billion to a few hundred million years ago). Algoma-type BIFs are also finely layered intercalations of silica and an iron mineral, generally hematite or magnetite, but the individual layers…

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