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Banded Iron Formation, Fig. 4 Sketch showing typical supergene enrichment of a magnetite-rich BIF leading to a high-grade hematite-goethite ore deposit within the weathering zone (Modi fi ed from ...
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Origin of Banded Iron Formations: Links with …
Banded iron-formations (BIFs) are marine chemical sedimentary rocks composed of siliceous and ferric materials, usually with typical thin layers or sheet structures. ..., and magnetite-bearing iron …
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Banded Iron Formations (BIFs)
Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are distinctive units of sedimentary rocks composed of alternating layers of iron-rich minerals, mainly hematite and magnetite, and silica-rich minerals like chert or quartz. The name "banded" comes from the alternating …
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∼750 Ma banded iron formation from the Arabian-Nubian …
1. Introduction. The Neoproterozoic (1000–544 Ma) was a time of transition in Earth tectonics, biosphere, climate, and ocean chemistry.One of the indicators of this change is the reappearance – after a ∼1000 myr long hiatus – of sedimentary banded iron formations (BIFs).BIF is a chemical sediment consisting of alternating layers of iron …
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Banded Iron Formation
Banded Iron Formation, or BIF, is the name given to these banded and kink-folded alternating layers of iron oxide (hematite and magnetite) and microcrystalline silica (red and brown chert and golden-brown tiger eye). They used to be iron-rich and silica-rich sediments on the ancient sea floor about 2.5 billion years ago.
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Meso- and Neoarchean Banded Iron Formations and
Therefore we suggest that the Anshan-Benxi high-grade magnetite ores were most likely produced by infiltration of metamorphic fluids into primary BIFs, based on the following: (1) magnetite δ 18 O values within the high-grade magnetite ores (+2.5 to −0.6‰) are significantly lower than those in the BIFs (9.2–2.6‰); (2) magnetite (avg 0. ...
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Magnetite-rich taconite is preferred, as the ore is finely powdered and magnetic separation serves to concentrate the magnetite leaving a fine quartz powder. The magnetite is then further oxidized to hematite, which is fed into the iron-making process. Banded iron formations are found in the continental shield of all continents of the world ...
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Geochemistry and Sm─Nd─Fe─Si isotope compositions as
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are marine chemical sedimentary rocks (total iron greater than 15 wt%), composed of alternating iron-rich (magnetite, hematite, and siderite) and silica-rich (e.g., chert, silicate) layers that precipitated from hydrothermally influenced Archean and Paleoproterozoic seawater (James 1954; Bekker et al. 2014; …
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Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron-formations
Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron formations (BIFs) are ideal minerals for studying hydrothermal and metamorphic processes and are applied to linking with high-grade Fe mineralization and metamorphism in iron deposits hosted by BIFs.
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Abiotic anoxic iron oxidation, formation of Archean banded iron
Massive episodic deposition of banded iron formations (BIF), generally containing magnetite (Fe 2+ Fe 2 3 + O 4), hematite (Fe 2 3 + O 3), and quartz (SiO 2) in Precambrian oceans (>543 Ma) has important implications for the earliest lifeforms and environmental conditions on early Earth (Konhauser et al., 2017).In the Archean period …
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Depositional model for banded iron formation host to …
Algoma-type banded iron formations (BIFs) are thinly bedded, chemical sedimentary rocks, consisting of alternating layers rich in chert and iron-rich minerals. ... With a compositional variability dependent on the physico-chemical conditions during its formation, magnetite from different origins show distinctive trace element signatures ...
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Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in …
Keywords: Banded iron-formation, apatite, magnetite, high-grade iron ore, mineralization and metamorphism, Huogezhuang deposit Introduction The banded iron formations (BIFs) hosted iron deposits are an important iron resource, with the quantity of both exploita-tion and resource reserve ranking first in the world (Zhang et
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Microstructures, crystallography and geochemistry of magnetite …
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are chemical sedimentary rocks predominantly deposited between >3800 and 1800 Ma associated with the changes of the Earth's early surface environments and biosphere (Klein, 2005, Bekker et al., 2014).They are characterized by alternating silica- and iron oxide-rich bands and are found to have …
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Magnetite: South Australia's potential | Energy & Mining
magnetite banded iron formation (BIF) and/or magnetite metasediment; magnetite metasomatite to skarn. A key feature of many iron formations in South Australia is that they have typically been emplaced early in the geological record and subsequently modified by later tectonic and magmatic processes into their present day configuration. Figure 2 ...
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Iron isotopic variations of the Cryogenian banded iron formations: A
Neoproterozoic banded iron formations have been discovered in all continents except Antarctica and appear to be closely related to the Snowball Earth Events ... Hematite-bearing quartzite composed of fine-grained hematite and quartz, plane-polarized light (PPL). b. Banded magnetite quartzite, PPL. c. Chlorite magnetite …
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Gold Mineralization in Banded Iron Formation in the Amalia …
The only distinct outcrops are the resistant banded iron formation (BIF), which are visible as long parallel ridges. Associated with the Amalia BIF are sporadic occurrence of lenses of clastic metasedimentary rocks, ultramafic to mafic flows with predominantly tholeiitic characteristics (Kiefer, 2004 ), as well as mafic pyroclastic rocks …
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Banded iron formations, pyritic black shale, and gold …
Banded iron formations (BIF) are predominantly Precambrian sedimentary rocks composed of alternating layers of iron-rich minerals (commonly hematite and magnetite, but also siderite, chlorite, and grunerite) and silica-rich minerals (e.g., quartz or chert) in which the Fe content of the entire rock is at least 15 wt. %. Although typically …
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Evaluation of Banded Iron Formation using Magnetic …
This Banded Iron Formation(BIF) most likely originated as a sedimentary deposit which was later modified by heat and deformation. In this geological metamorphic process, the ore ... Evaluation of Banded Magnetite Bob Howard ASEG-PESA 2015 – Perth, Australia 2 twinned holes were matched and the SI values of peak and ...
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Textural complications of banded iron formation and the …
Abdel-Hakeem, M., El-Habaak, G. Textural complications of banded iron formation and the potential production of nano-magnetite: a case study from the …
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Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded …
Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron formations (BIFs) are ideal minerals for studying hydrothermal and metamorphic processes and are …
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The formation of magnetite in the early Archean oceans
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are iron- and silica-rich chemical sedimentary rocks that were deposited throughout much of the Precambrian. ...
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High-grade metamorphism of banded iron formations: the …
Metamorphosed banded iron formation (BIF) in granulite-amphibolite facies, tonalitic orthogneisses from a series of locations in the Kolli Massif of southern …
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Can Weathering of Banded Iron Formations Generate …
Oxidation of iron-rich rock is known to generate H2 in oceanic as well as in continental domains. Here we tested the possibility of H2 generation as the result of weathering of banded iron formations (BIF). The BIF constitute more than 60% of global iron ore reserves with low Fe3+/Fetot and total Fe ranging from 20 to 40 wt% and are …
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The Mount Gibson Banded Iron Formation-Hosted Magnetite …
The banded iron formation (BIF) typically consists of alternating bands of magnetite and microcrystalline quartz (chert) with rare carbonaceous and iron silicate-rich shale partings and layers and ...
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Experimental low-grade alteration of biogenic magnetite …
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are characterized by their alternating iron-rich and silica-rich layers that were precipitated throughout much of the Late Archean and Paleoproterozoic (2.7–1.9 Ga) (Klein, 2005, Bekker et al., 2010).The main mineralogy of the least metamorphosed BIF consists of chert (SiO 2), magnetite (Fe 3 O 4), hematite (Fe …
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Amenability of South African Banded Iron Formation (BIF) …
Banded Iron Formations (BIF) are sedimentary rock formations ranging in age from 0.8 to 3.8 billion years and consist of alternating layers of silica and iron. The thickness of the alternating layers varies between and within deposits, with this lithology forming approximately two-thirds of South Africa's future low-grade hematite resources. …
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Banded Iron / Genesis Stone
Magnetite, Hematite & Jasper energy with millions of years of sun and wind energy in each piece. 2 billion year old Banded Iron Formation from Wyoming which is also called Genesis Stone and Genesis Jasper. Beautiful, naturally carved and polished windslicks from Wyoming, USA. Magnetite, Hematite & Jasper energy with millions of years of sun …
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Banded Iron Formation
Banded iron formation or BIF is a chemical sediment, ... leading to the layers of magnetite minerals as the banded iron formations. In an aqueous environment, the UV oxidation of Fe 2+ forms Fe 3+ and is followed by coprecipitation of ferric and ferrous oxides (Fe 2 O 3 and FeO, respectively). These oxides form from the iron ions and water ...
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Supergene modification of magnetite and hematite shear zones in banded
The Mt Richardson deposit contains high-grade (>57 wt% Fe total) iron ore zones hosted by several banded iron-formations (BIFs) in the c. 3504 Ma Illaara greenstone belt.The BIFs and intervening mafic igneous rocks are exposed along a 700 m-wide, 140 m-high, NNW-trending ridge that demarks the eastern limb of a greenstone …
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Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron-formations
Modified magnetite and hydrothermal apatite in banded iron formations (BIFs) are ideal minerals for studying hydrothermal and metamorphic processes and are applied to linking with high-grade Fe mineralization and metamorphism in iron deposits hosted by BIFs. In this study, we have investigated the geochemical composition of modified magnetite …
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