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Polymetallic replacement deposit

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A polymetallic replacement deposit is an orebody of metallic minerals formed by the replacement of sedimentary, usually carbonate rock, by metal-bearing solutions in the vicinity of igneous intrusions. [1]

30 relations: Azurite, Bornite, Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Copper, East Tintic Mountains, El Boleo, Gilman, Colorado, Gold, Hydrocarbon, Laurium, Lead, Leadville mining district, Malachite, Mexico, Naica, Ore genesis, Park City, Utah, Pioche, Nevada, Porphyry copper deposit, Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Shear zone, Silver, Skarn, Stock (geology), Superior, Arizona, Tombstone, Arizona, Zinc.

Azurite

Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits.

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Bornite

Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic).

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Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits

Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits are important and highly valuable concentrations of lead and zinc sulfide ores hosted within carbonate (limestone, marl, dolomite) formations and which share a common genetic origin.

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Chalcocite

Chalcocite, copper(I) sulfide (Cu2S), is an important copper ore mineral.

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Chalcopyrite

Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system.

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Charcas, San Luis Potosí

Charcas is a town and municipality in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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East Tintic Mountains

The East Tintic Mountains are a mountain range in central Utah on the east margin of the Great Basin just west of the Wasatch Front about south-southeast of Salt Lake City.

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El Boleo

El Boleo is a copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese deposit located adjacent to the port city of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur in Mexico.

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Gilman, Colorado

Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Laurium

Laurium or Lavrio or Lavrion (Λαύριο; Λαύριον; before early 11th century BC: Θορικός Thorikos; from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια - Ergastiria) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Leadville mining district

The Leadville mining district, located in the Colorado Mineral Belt, was the most productive silver-mining district in the US state of Colorado.

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Malachite

Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Naica

Naica is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Ore genesis

Various theories of ore genesis explain how the various types of mineral deposits form within the Earth's crust.

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Park City, Utah

Park City is a city in Summit County, Utah, United States.

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Pioche, Nevada

Pioche is an unincorporated town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, about northeast of Las Vegas.

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Porphyry copper deposit

Porphyry copper deposits are copper orebodies that are formed from hydrothermal fluids that originate from a voluminous magma chamber several kilometers below the deposit itself.

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Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur

Santa Rosalía is a town located in the Mulegé Municipality of northern Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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Shear zone

A shear zone is a very important structural discontinuity surface in the Earth's crust and upper mantle.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Skarn

Skarns or tactites are hard, coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by a process called Metasomatism.

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Stock (geology)

In geology, a stock is an igneous intrusion that has a surface exposure of less than, differing from batholiths only in being smaller.

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Superior, Arizona

Superior (Western Apache: Yooʼ Łigai) is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.

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Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone is a historic city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory.

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Zinc

Zinc is a chemical element with symbol Zn and atomic number 30.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymetallic_replacement_deposit

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