What Process Can Enrich a Copper Deposit, Perhaps Making It

question 38

Multiple Choice

What process can enrich a copper deposit, perhaps making it profitable?

• A) intense fracturing associated with meteoroid impacts, like at Sudbury
• B) deposition of large amounts of quartz and calcite in the rock
• C) dispersing the copper-rich grains by wind and water
• D) leaching by weathering and redeposition at the water table

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