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View Resource The Life Cycle of a Mineral Deposit-A Teacher's Guide for Hands-On Mineral Education Activities

What's a mineral deposit? How is it formed? These and many other questions are answered between the pages of this useful and informative teacher's guide dealing with the life cycle of a mineral deposit. This 40-page guide was written by Dave Frank, John Galloway, and Ken Assmus and published first in 2005. Created under the auspices and direction of the US Geological Survey, the guide covers...

https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/17/