Ore Deposit Formation (Patreon)
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I recently received a patreon request to cover my thoughts on the formation of a particular platinum group element deposit. This got me thinking. Should I cover certain areas of the world and explain why each area’s geologic history created various resources? Be it Arizona/Chile for copper, Western Australia for iron, northern Canada for uranium, Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt (>90% of the world’s supply), and other countless examples. Would this be potentially interesting for my audience? Let me know! The attached photo is a platinum nugget photographed by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution, via the U.S. Geological Survey Flickr page, public domain, National Mineral Collection. Source photo: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/rare-platinum-nugget