Sentences with phrase «largest ore deposits»
n isolated, iron - rich bay in the heart of East Africa is offering scientists a rare glimpse back into Earth's primitive marine environment, and supports theories that tiny microbes created some of the world's largest ore deposits billions of years ago.
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The microbes metabolize iron and grow at rates high enough to indicate their ancient equivalents were capable of depositing some of the world's largest sedimentary iron ore deposits, known as banded iron formations.
Microbes in Kabuno Bay metabolize iron and grow at rates high enough to indicate their ancient equivalents deposited some of the world's largest sedimentary iron ore deposits.
The company was initially looking for iron ore but found a large graphite deposit.
The Sullivan Mine was an enormous deposit of ore and quickly became the largest lead and zinc mine in the world.