Lake Superior-type banded-iron formation deposit

Also known as: Lake Superior-type BIF deposit

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characteristics

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

    …Lake Superior and are called Lake Superior-type deposits. Their individual sediment layers can be as thin as 0.5 millimetre (0.02 inch) or as thick as 2.5 centimetres (1 inch), but the alternation of a siliceous band and an iron mineral band is invariable. Several points about Lake Superior-type deposits are…

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