Rift systems

The origin of metalliferous deposits has long been a subject of discussion. Professor Joseph Le Conte, however, seems to have arrived at a very decided opinion on this question, for in a contribution to the “American Journal of Science” (3rd series, xxvi. p. 1—19, July, 1883), after referring to Sulphur Banks and Steamboat Springs in California, he says: “Thus then subterranean waters of any kind, but especially alkaline, at any temperature, but mostly hot, circulating in any direction, but mainly upcoming, and in any kind of waterway, but mainly in open fissures, by deposit, form metalliferous veins.”

@article{ochsenius1884vmetalliferous,
    author = "Ochsenius, Carl",
    title = "V.—Metalliferous Deposits",
    year = "1884",
    journal = "Geological Magazine",
    abstract = "The origin of metalliferous deposits has long been a subject of discussion. Professor Joseph Le Conte, however, seems to have arrived at a very decided opinion on this question, for in a contribution to the “American Journal of Science” (3rd series, xxvi. p. 1—19, July, 1883), after referring to Sulphur Banks and Steamboat Springs in California, he says: “Thus then subterranean waters of any kind, but especially alkaline, at any temperature, but mostly hot, circulating in any direction, but mainly upcoming, and in any kind of waterway, but mainly in open fissures, by deposit, form metalliferous veins.”",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800005276",
    doi = "10.1017/s0016756800005276",
    number = "7",
    pages = "310-318",
    volume = "1"
}

@article{crossref1900metalliferous,
    title = "Metalliferous Deposits",
    year = "1900",
    journal = "Nature",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1038/063018a0",
    doi = "10.1038/063018a0",
    number = "1618",
    pages = "18-20",
    volume = "63"
}

@misc{crossref1967metalliferous,
    title = "Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska",
    year = "1967",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.3133/b1246",
    doi = "10.3133/b1246"
}

Study of deep seismic reflections has detected a Precambrian rift valley below flat-lying sediments in southern Alberta. The anomalous magnetic and gravity trends show that the rift is continuous across Alberta and British Columbia (through the Kimberley lead-zinc field) and possibly the Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho. There is evidence that these ore bodies were deposited in a Precambrian rift under conditions similar to those prevailing in the hot-brine areas of the modern Red Sea.

@article{kanasewich1968precambrian,
    author = "Kanasewich, E. R.",
    title = "Precambrian Rift: Genesis of Strata-Bound Ore Deposits",
    year = "1968",
    journal = "Science",
    abstract = "Study of deep seismic reflections has detected a Precambrian rift valley below flat-lying sediments in southern Alberta. The anomalous magnetic and gravity trends show that the rift is continuous across Alberta and British Columbia (through the Kimberley lead-zinc field) and possibly the Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho. There is evidence that these ore bodies were deposited in a Precambrian rift under conditions similar to those prevailing in the hot-brine areas of the modern Red Sea.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3845.1002",
    doi = "10.1126/science.161.3845.1002",
    number = "3845",
    pages = "1002-1005",
    volume = "161"
}

@article{rydell1973uranium,
    author = "Rydell, Harold S and Bonatti, Enrico",
    title = "Uranium in submarine metalliferous deposits",
    year = "1973",
    journal = "Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(73)90265-2",
    doi = "10.1016/0016-7037(73)90265-2",
    number = "12",
    pages = "2557-2565",
    volume = "37"
}

@incollection{crossref1976handbook,
    title = "HANDBOOK OF STRATA-BOUND AND STRATIFORM ORE DEPOSITS",
    year = "1976",
    booktitle = "Cu, Zn, Pb, and Ag Deposits",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-41406-9.50001-4",
    doi = "10.1016/b978-0-444-41406-9.50001-4",
    pages = "II"
}

@book{degens1976stratabound1,
    author = "Degens, E. T. and Ross, D. A",
    title = "Strata-Bound Metalliferous Deposits Found In or Near Active Rifts, in Wolf, K. H., ed., Handbook of Strata-Bound Ore Deposits",
    year = "1976",
    publisher = "Amsterdam, Elsevier, v. 4, p. 165-202; 1976 [429 pp.]",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Degens, E. T., and Ross, D. A., 1976, Strata-Bound Metalliferous Deposits Found In or Near Active Rifts, in Wolf, K. H., ed., Handbook of Strata-Bound Ore Deposits: Amsterdam, Elsevier, v. 4, p. 165-202; 1976 [429 pp.].}"
}

@incollection{crossref1985handbook,
    title = "HANDBOOK OF STRATA-BOUND AND STRATIFORM ORE DEPOSITS",
    year = "1985",
    booktitle = "Regional Studies and Specific Deposits",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-42497-6.50001-1",
    doi = "10.1016/b978-0-444-42497-6.50001-1",
    pages = "II"
}

@incollection{crossref2004metalliferous,
    title = "Metalliferous mineral deposits",
    year = "2004",
    booktitle = "Minerals",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511811296.032",
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}

@incollection{crossref2016metalliferous,
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