where do you find mineral deposits on earth?

Answer 1

Pretty much everywhere, depending on what kind of mineral you are looking for they can be anywhere.

Evaporite deposits like salt are common in the subsurface of New York and Pennslvania, because they used to be covered by a shallow sea. There's also a lot of coal in PA due to its Paleozoic swamps. And there's garnets in New York due to it's orogenies.

You find different minerals associated with different environments. Hydrothermal alteration, which I've seen in Trinidad, made serpentine deposits.

Kimberlites can bring up diamonds, and other high pressure minerals.

Garnets are common in high grade metamorphic zones. Other minerals are associated with lower grade metamorphic zones.

So, you can pretty much find minerals anywhere, just learn what kind of environment they form in.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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