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They can be up to several hundred meters in thickness and extend laterally for several hundred kilometers. Almost all of these formations are of <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> age and are thought to record the <a href="/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Oxygenation Event">oxygenation of the Earth's oceans</a>. Some of the Earth's oldest rock formations, which formed about <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geoltime.github.io/?Ma=3,700">3,700</a> million years ago (<a href="/wiki/Year#SI_prefix_multipliers" title="Year">Ma</a>), are associated with banded iron formations. Banded iron formations are thought to have formed in <a href="/wiki/Sea_water" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea water">sea water</a> as the result of <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a> production by <a href="/wiki/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis">photosynthetic</a> <a href="/wiki/Cyanobacteria" title="Cyanobacteria">cyanobacteria</a>. The oxygen combined with dissolved <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> in Earth's oceans to form insoluble iron oxides, which precipitated out, forming a thin layer on the ocean floor. Each band is similar to a <a href="/wiki/Varve" title="Varve">varve</a>, resulting from cyclic variations in oxygen production. Banded iron formations were first discovered in northern <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> in 1844. Banded iron formations account for more than 60% of global iron reserves and provide most of the <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> presently mined. Most formations can be found in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg/220px-Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg/330px-Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg/440px-Banded_Iron_Formation_Barberton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2732" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>Banded iron formation from the <a href="/wiki/Barberton_Greenstone_Belt" title="Barberton Greenstone Belt">Barberton Greenstone Belt</a>, South Africa</figcaption></figure> A typical banded iron formation consists of repeated, thin layers (a few millimeters to a few centimeters in thickness) of silver to black <a href="/wiki/Iron_oxide" title="Iron oxide">iron oxides</a>, either <a href="/wiki/Magnetite" title="Magnetite">magnetite</a> (Fe3O4) or <a href="/wiki/Hematite" title="Hematite">hematite</a> (Fe2O3), alternating with bands of iron-poor <a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">chert</a>, often red in color, of similar thickness.<a href="#cite_note-james-1954-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-Katsuta2012-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> A single banded iron formation can be up to several hundred meters in thickness and extend laterally for several hundred kilometers.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Banded iron formation is more precisely defined as chemically precipitated <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rock</a> containing greater than 15% <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>. However, most BIFs have a higher content of iron, typically around 30% by mass, so that roughly half the rock is iron oxides and the other half is silica.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-trendall-2005-6">[6]</a> The iron in BIFs is divided roughly equally between the more oxidized <a href="/wiki/Ferric" title="Ferric">ferric</a> form, Fe(III), and the more reduced <a href="/wiki/Ferrous" title="Ferrous">ferrous</a> form, Fe(II), so that the ratio Fe(III)/Fe(II+III) typically varies from 0.3 to 0.6. This indicates a predominance of magnetite, in which the ratio is 0.67, over hematite, for which the ratio is 1.<a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> In addition to the iron oxides (hematite and magnetite), the iron sediment may contain the iron-rich carbonates <a href="/wiki/Siderite" title="Siderite">siderite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ankerite" title="Ankerite">ankerite</a>, or the iron-rich silicates <a href="/wiki/Minnesotaite" title="Minnesotaite">minnesotaite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greenalite" title="Greenalite">greenalite</a>. Most BIFs are chemically simple, containing little but iron oxides, silica, and minor carbonate,<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> though some contain significant calcium and magnesium, up to 9% and 6.7% as oxides respectively.<a href="#cite_note-gole-klein-1981-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-klein-2005-8">[8]</a> When used in the singular, the term banded iron formation refers to the sedimentary lithology just described.<a href="#cite_note-james-1954-1">[1]</a> The plural form, banded iron formations, is used informally to refer to stratigraphic units that consist primarily of banded iron formation.<a href="#cite_note-explanation-9">[9]</a> A well-preserved banded iron formation typically consists of macrobands several meters thick that are separated by thin <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a> beds. The macrobands in turn are composed of characteristic alternating layers of chert and iron oxides, called mesobands, that are several millimeters to a few centimeters thick. Many of the chert mesobands contain microbands of iron oxides that are less than a millimeter thick, while the iron mesobands are relatively featureless. BIFs tend to be extremely hard, tough, and dense, making them highly resistant to erosion, and they show fine details of stratification over great distances, suggesting they were deposited in a very low-energy environment; that is, in relatively deep water, undisturbed by wave motion or currents.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> BIFs only rarely interfinger with other rock types, tending to form sharply bounded discrete units that never grade laterally into other rock types.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MichiganBIF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MichiganBIF.jpg/220px-MichiganBIF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MichiganBIF.jpg/330px-MichiganBIF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/MichiganBIF.jpg/440px-MichiganBIF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1692" data-file-height="1164" /></a><figcaption>Close-up of banded iron formation specimen from <a href="/wiki/Upper_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Michigan">Upper Michigan</a></figcaption></figure> Banded iron formations of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_region" title="Great Lakes region">Great Lakes region</a> and the Frere Formation of western <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> are somewhat different in character and are sometimes described as granular iron formations or GIFs.<a href="#cite_note-gole-klein-1981-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Their iron sediments are granular to <a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">oolitic</a> in character, forming discrete grains about a millimeter in diameter, and they lack microbanding in their chert mesobands. They also show more irregular mesobanding, with indications of ripples and other <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_structures" title="Sedimentary structures">sedimentary structures</a>, and their mesobands cannot be traced out any great distance. Though they form well-defined, discrete units, these are commonly interbedded with coarse to medium-grained epiclastic sediments (sediments formed by weathering of rock). These features suggest a higher energy <a href="/wiki/Depositional_environment" title="Depositional environment">depositional environment</a>, in shallower water disturbed by wave motions. However, they otherwise resemble other banded iron formations.<a href="#cite_note-gole-klein-1981-7">[7]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg/220px-Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg/330px-Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg/440px-Rapitan_BIF_south_australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thin_section" title="Thin section">Thin section</a> of Neoproterozoic banded iron formation from Australia</figcaption></figure> The great majority of banded iron formations are <a href="/wiki/Archean" title="Archean">Archean</a> or <a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> in age. However, a small number of BIFs are <a href="/wiki/Neoproterozoic" title="Neoproterozoic">Neoproterozoic</a> in age, and are frequently,<a href="#cite_note-klein-2005-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-ilyin-2009-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-bekker-etal-2010-11">[11]</a> if not universally,<a href="#cite_note-abd-etal-2019-12">[12]</a> associated with glacial deposits, often containing glacial <a href="/wiki/Dropstones" class="mw-redirect" title="Dropstones">dropstones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-klein-2005-8">[8]</a> They also tend to show a higher level of oxidation, with hematite prevailing over magnetite,<a href="#cite_note-ilyin-2009-10">[10]</a> and they typically contain a small amount of phosphate, about 1% by mass.<a href="#cite_note-ilyin-2009-10">[10]</a> Mesobanding is often poor to nonexistent<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soft-sediment_deformation_structures" title="Soft-sediment deformation structures">soft-sediment deformation structures</a> are common. This suggests very rapid deposition.<a href="#cite_note-stern-etal-2013-14">[14]</a> However, like the granular iron formations of the Great Lakes, the Neoproterozoic occurrences are widely described as banded iron formations.<a href="#cite_note-klein-2005-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-ilyin-2009-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-stern-etal-2013-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-gaucher-etal-2015-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-li-etal-2018-16">[16]</a> Banded iron formations are distinct from most <a href="/wiki/Phanerozoic" title="Phanerozoic">Phanerozoic</a> <a href="/wiki/Ironstone" title="Ironstone">ironstones</a>. Ironstones are relatively rare and are thought to have been deposited in marine <a href="/wiki/Anoxic_event" title="Anoxic event">anoxic events</a>, in which the depositional basin became depleted in free <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>. They are composed of iron silicates and oxides without appreciable chert but with significant <a href="/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus">phosphorus</a> content, which is lacking in BIFs.<a href="#cite_note-bekker-etal-2010-11">[11]</a> No classification scheme for banded iron formations has gained complete acceptance.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> In 1954, Harold Lloyd James advocated a classification based on four lithological facies (oxide, carbonate, silicate, and sulfide) assumed to represent different depths of deposition,<a href="#cite_note-james-1954-1">[1]</a> but this speculative model did not hold up.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> In 1980, Gordon A. Gross advocated a twofold division of BIFs into an Algoma type and a Lake Superior type, based on the character of the depositional basin. Algoma BIFs are found in relatively small basins in association with <a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">greywackes</a> and other volcanic rocks and are assumed to be associated with volcanic centers. Lake Superior BIFs are found in larger basins in association with black shales, <a href="/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite">quartzites</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">dolomites</a>, with relatively minor <a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">tuffs</a> or other volcanic rocks, and are assumed to have formed on a <a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">continental shelf</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gross-1980-17">[17]</a> This classification has been more widely accepted, but the failure to appreciate that it is strictly based on the characteristics of the depositional basin and not the lithology of the BIF itself has led to confusion, and some geologists have advocated for its abandonment.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-ohmoto-2004-18">[18]</a> However, the classification into Algoma versus Lake Superior types continues to be used.<a href="#cite_note-taner-2015-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-Precambrian_Research_2016_pp._47–79-20">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Occurrence">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bif_in_time.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bif_in_time.jpg/220px-Bif_in_time.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bif_in_time.jpg/330px-Bif_in_time.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bif_in_time.jpg/440px-Bif_in_time.jpg 2x" data-file-width="792" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Abundance of banded iron formation in the geologic record. Color indicates dominant type. Red = older Archean formations; green = Greater Gondwana formations; blue = granular iron formations; black = <a href="/wiki/Snowball_Earth" title="Snowball Earth">Snowball Earth</a> formations. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.384%;left:59.262%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.268%;left:60.051%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:14.046%;left:58.472%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Kostomuksha_mine" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.544%;left:71.045%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Baba_Budan_giri" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.739%;left:73.839%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.667%;left:83.056%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Pilbara" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.759%;left:82.94%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.083%;left:83.741%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Yilgarn_Craton" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:64.371%;left:83.579%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Frere_Formation" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/8px-Brown_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/12px-Brown_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/16px-Brown_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.333%;left:88.094%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Middleback_Range" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.162%;left:84.165%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Anshan" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.278%;left:12.611%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:13.611%;left:36.019%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Isua_Iron_Mine" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.167%;left:27.556%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Abitibi_gold_belt" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:20%;left:32.5%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/8px-Brown_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/12px-Brown_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/16px-Brown_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:23.639%;left:24.185%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/8px-Brown_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/12px-Brown_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Brown_pog.svg/16px-Brown_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.111%;left:31.944%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.366%;left:36.062%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Caraj%C3%A1s_Mine" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:60.56%;left:33.985%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Corumba" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.009%;left:37.792%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><a href="/wiki/Minas_Gerais" title="Banded iron formation"><img alt="Banded iron formation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/8px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/16px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:World_location_map_(equirectangular_180).svg" title="File:World location map (equirectangular 180).svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of occurrences. Color indicates dominant type. Light yellow = older Archean formations; dark yellow = Greater Gondwana formations; brown = granular iron formations; red = Snowball Earth formations.</div></div></div> Banded iron formations are almost exclusively <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> in age, with most deposits dating to the late Archean (2800–2500 Ma) with a secondary peak of deposition in the <a href="/wiki/Orosirian" title="Orosirian">Orosirian</a> <a href="/wiki/Period_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Period (geology)">period</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> (1850 Ma). Minor amounts were deposited in the early Archean and in the <a href="/wiki/Neoproterozoic" title="Neoproterozoic">Neoproterozoic</a> (750 Ma).<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> The youngest known banded iron formation is an <a href="/wiki/Early_Cambrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Cambrian">Early Cambrian</a> formation in western China.<a href="#cite_note-li-etal-2018-16">[16]</a> Because the processes by which BIFs are formed appear to be restricted to early geologic time, and may reflect unique conditions of the Precambrian world, they have been intensively studied by geologists.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> Banded iron formations are found worldwide, in every <a href="/wiki/Continental_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental Shield">continental shield</a> of every continent. The oldest BIFs are associated with <a href="/wiki/Greenstone_belt" title="Greenstone belt">greenstone belts</a> and include the BIFs of the <a href="/wiki/Isua_Greenstone_Belt" title="Isua Greenstone Belt">Isua Greenstone Belt</a>, the oldest known, which have an estimated age of 3700 to 3800 Ma.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-czaja-etal-2013-21">[21]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Temagami_Greenstone_Belt" title="Temagami Greenstone Belt">Temagami</a><a href="#cite_note-AHI-22">[22]</a> banded iron deposits formed over a 50-million-year period, from 2736 to 2687 Ma, and reached a thickness of 60 meters (200 feet).<a href="#cite_note-amnh-2020-23">[23]</a> Other examples of early Archean BIFs are found in the <a href="/wiki/Abitibi_greenstone_belt" title="Abitibi greenstone belt">Abitibi greenstone belts</a>, the greenstone belts of the <a href="/wiki/Yilgarn" class="mw-redirect" title="Yilgarn">Yilgarn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pilbara_craton" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilbara craton">Pilbara cratons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic shield">Baltic shield</a>, and the cratons of the <a href="/wiki/Amazonian_craton" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazonian craton">Amazon</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_China_Craton" title="North China Craton">north China</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kalahari_Craton" title="Kalahari Craton">south</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_African_Craton" title="West African Craton">west</a> Africa.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> The most extensive banded iron formations belong to what A.F. Trendall calls the Great <a href="/wiki/Gondwana" title="Gondwana">Gondwana</a> BIFs. These are late Archean in age and are not associated with greenstone belts. They are relatively undeformed and form extensive topographic plateaus,<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Hamersley Range">Hamersley Range</a>.<a href="#cite_note-henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-Geology-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-Iron2002-26">[26]</a> The banded iron formations here were deposited from 2470 to 2450 Ma and are the thickest and most extensive in the world,<a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-wam-2014-27">[27]</a> with a maximum thickness in excess of 900 meters (3,000 feet).<a href="#cite_note-gole-klein-1981-7">[7]</a> Similar BIFs are found in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Caraj%C3%A1s_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carajás Formation (page does not exist)">Carajás Formation</a> of the Amazon craton, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cau%C3%AA_Itabirite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cauê Itabirite (page does not exist)">Cauê Itabirite</a> of the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_craton" class="mw-redirect" title="São Francisco craton">São Francisco craton</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuruman_Iron_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuruman Iron Formation (page does not exist)">Kuruman Iron Formation</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Penge_Iron_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Penge Iron Formation (page does not exist)">Penge Iron Formation</a> of South Africa, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mulaingiri_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mulaingiri Formation (page does not exist)">Mulaingiri Formation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Shield" title="Indian Shield">India</a>.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations are found in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a> and other parts of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Shield" title="Canadian Shield">Canadian Shield</a>.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> The Iron Range is a group of four major deposits: the <a href="/wiki/Mesabi_Range" title="Mesabi Range">Mesabi Range</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vermilion_Range_(Minnesota)" title="Vermilion Range (Minnesota)">Vermilion Range</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gunflint_Range" title="Gunflint Range">Gunflint Range</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Cuyuna_Range" title="Cuyuna Range">Cuyuna Range</a>. All are part of the <a href="/wiki/Animikie_Group" title="Animikie Group">Animikie Group</a> and were deposited between 2500 and 1800 Ma.<a href="#cite_note-af-28">[28]</a> These BIFs are predominantly granular iron formations.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Neoproterozoic banded iron formations include the Urucum in Brazil, Rapitan in the <a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">Yukon</a>, and the Damara Belt in southern Africa.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> They are relatively limited in size, with horizontal extents not more than a few tens of kilometers and thicknesses not more than about 10 meters (33 feet).<a href="#cite_note-ilyin-2009-10">[10]</a> These are widely thought to have been deposited under unusual anoxic oceanic conditions associated with the "<a href="/wiki/Snowball_Earth" title="Snowball Earth">Snowball Earth</a>."<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iron_banding_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Iron_banding_01.jpg/220px-Iron_banding_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Iron_banding_01.jpg/330px-Iron_banding_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Iron_banding_01.jpg/440px-Iron_banding_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1300" /></a><figcaption>An ashtray carved out of a soft form of banded ironstone from the <a href="/wiki/Archean_life_in_the_Barberton_Greenstone_Belt" title="Archean life in the Barberton Greenstone Belt">Barbeton Supergroup</a> in South Africa. The red layers were laid down when Archaean <a href="/wiki/Photosynthesis" title="Photosynthesis">photosynthesizing</a> <a href="/wiki/Cyanobacteria" title="Cyanobacteria">cyanobacteria</a> produced oxygen that reacted with dissolved iron compounds in the water, to form insoluble iron oxide (rust). The white layers are sediments that settled when there was no oxygen in the water, or when dissolved Fe2+ was temporarily depleted.<a href="#cite_note-Margulis-29">[29]</a></figcaption></figure> Banded iron formation provided some of the first evidence for the timing of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event" title="Great Oxidation Event">Great Oxidation Event</a>, 2,400 Ma.<a href="#cite_note-Cloud_1973-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-holland-2006-31">[31]</a> With his 1968 paper on the early atmosphere and oceans of the Earth,<a href="#cite_note-cloud-1968-32">[32]</a> <a href="/wiki/Preston_Cloud" title="Preston Cloud">Preston Cloud</a> established the general framework that has been widely, if not universally,<a href="#cite_note-ohmoto-etal-2006-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> accepted for understanding the deposition of BIFs.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> Cloud postulated that banded iron formations were a consequence of anoxic, iron-rich waters from the deep ocean welling up into a <a href="/wiki/Photic_zone" title="Photic zone">photic zone</a> inhabited by cyanobacteria that had evolved the capacity to carry out oxygen-producing photosynthesis, but which had not yet evolved enzymes (such as <a href="/wiki/Superoxide_dismutase" title="Superoxide dismutase">superoxide dismutase</a>) for living in an oxygenated environment. Such organisms would have been protected from their own <a href="/wiki/Reactive_oxygen_species" title="Reactive oxygen species">oxygen waste</a> through its rapid removal via the reservoir of reduced ferrous iron, Fe(II), in the early ocean. The oxygen released by photosynthesis oxidized the Fe(II) to ferric iron, Fe(III), which precipitated out of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_water" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea water">sea water</a> as insoluble iron oxides that settled to the ocean floor.<a href="#cite_note-cloud-1968-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-Cloud_1973-30">[30]</a> Cloud suggested that banding resulted from fluctuations in the population of cyanobacteria due to <a href="/wiki/Free_radical_damage_to_DNA" title="Free radical damage to DNA">free radical damage</a> by oxygen. This also explained the relatively limited extent of early Archean deposits. The great peak in BIF deposition at the end of the Archean was thought to be the result of the evolution of mechanisms for living with oxygen. This ended self-poisoning and produced a population explosion in the cyanobacteria that rapidly depleted the remaining supply of reduced iron and ended most BIF deposition. Oxygen then began to accumulate in the atmosphere.<a href="#cite_note-cloud-1968-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-Cloud_1973-30">[30]</a> Some details of Cloud's original model were abandoned. For example, improved dating of Precambrian strata has shown that the late Archean peak of BIF deposition was spread out over tens of millions of years, rather than taking place in a very short interval of time following the evolution of oxygen-coping mechanisms. However, his general concepts continue to shape thinking about the origins of banded iron formations.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> In particular, the concept of the upwelling of deep ocean water, rich in reduced iron, into an oxygenated surface layer poor in iron remains a key element of most theories of deposition.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-simonson-hassler-1996-35">[35]</a> The few formations deposited after 1,800 <a href="/wiki/Year#SI_prefix_multipliers" title="Year">Ma</a><a href="#cite_note-Slack_2009-36">[36]</a> may point to intermittent low levels of free atmospheric oxygen,<a href="#cite_note-Lyons_2009-37">[37]</a> while the small peak at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geoltime.github.io/?Ma=750">750</a> million years ago may be associated with the hypothetical Snowball Earth.<a href="#cite_note-Hoffman_1999-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_processes">Formation processes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Formation processes">edit</a>]</div> The microbands within chert layers are most likely <a href="/wiki/Varve" title="Varve">varves</a> produced by annual variations in oxygen production. <a href="/wiki/Diurnal_cycle" title="Diurnal cycle">Diurnal</a> microbanding would require a very high rate of deposition of 2 meters per year or 5 km/Ma. Estimates of deposition rate based on various models of deposition and <a href="/wiki/Sensitive_high-resolution_ion_microprobe" title="Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe">sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe</a> (SHRIMP) estimates of the age of associated tuff beds suggest a deposition rate in typical BIFs of 19 to 270 m/Ma, which are consistent either with annual varves or <a href="/wiki/Rhythmite" title="Rhythmite">rhythmites</a> produced by tidal cycles.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Preston Cloud proposed that mesobanding was a result of self-poisoning by early cyanobacteria as the supply of reduced iron was periodically depleted.<a href="#cite_note-Cloud_1973-30">[30]</a> Mesobanding has also been interpreted as a secondary structure, not present in the sediments as originally laid down, but produced during compaction of the sediments.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Another theory is that mesobands are primary structures resulting from pulses of activity along <a href="/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge" title="Mid-ocean ridge">mid-ocean ridges</a> that change the availability of reduced iron on time scales of decades.<a href="#cite_note-morris-horwitz-1983-39">[39]</a> In the case of granular iron formations, the mesobands are attributed to <a href="/wiki/Winnowing_(sedimentology)" title="Winnowing (sedimentology)">winnowing</a> of sediments in shallow water, in which wave action tended to segregate particles of different size and composition.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> For banded iron formations to be deposited, several preconditions must be met.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <ol><li>The deposition basin must contain waters that are ferruginous (rich in <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>).</li> <li>This implies they are also anoxic, since ferrous iron oxidizes to ferric iron within hours or days in the presence of dissolved oxygen. This would prevent transport of large quantities of iron from its sources to the deposition basin.</li> <li>The waters must not be <a href="/wiki/Euxinia" title="Euxinia">euxinic</a> (rich in <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide" title="Hydrogen sulfide">hydrogen sulfide</a>), since this would cause the ferrous iron to precipitate out as <a href="/wiki/Pyrite" title="Pyrite">pyrite</a>.</li> <li>There must be an oxidation mechanism active within the depositional basin that steadily converts the reservoir of ferrous iron to ferric iron.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Source_of_reduced_iron">Source of reduced iron</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Source of reduced iron">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackSmoker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BlackSmoker.jpg/330px-BlackSmoker.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BlackSmoker.jpg/495px-BlackSmoker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BlackSmoker.jpg/660px-BlackSmoker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2669" /></a><figcaption>Hydrothermal vents were one important source for the reduced iron that was later oxidized to form banded iron formations.</figcaption></figure> There must be an ample source of reduced iron that can circulate freely into the deposition basin.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Plausible sources of iron include <a href="/wiki/Hydrothermal_vents" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrothermal vents">hydrothermal vents</a> along mid-ocean ridges, windblown dust, rivers, glacial ice, and <a href="/wiki/Seepage" class="mw-redirect" title="Seepage">seepage</a> from continental margins.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> The importance of various sources of reduced iron has likely changed dramatically across geologic time. This is reflected in the division of BIFs into Algoma and Lake Superior-type deposits.<a href="#cite_note-Nadoll_2014-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-Zhu_2014-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-Li_2015-42">[42]</a> Algoma-type BIFs formed primarily in the Archean. These older BIFs tend to show a positive <a href="/wiki/Europium_anomaly" title="Europium anomaly">europium anomaly</a> consistent with a <a href="/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent" title="Hydrothermal vent">hydrothermal</a> source of iron.<a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> By contrast, Lake Superior-type banded iron formations primarily formed during the <a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> era, and lack the europium anomalies of the older Algoma-type BIFs, suggesting a much greater input of iron weathered from continents.<a href="#cite_note-klein-2005-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-Li-etal-2015-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Absence_of_oxygen_or_hydrogen_sulfide">Absence of oxygen or hydrogen sulfide</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Absence of oxygen or hydrogen sulfide">edit</a>]</div> The absence of hydrogen sulfide in anoxic ocean water can be explained either by reduced sulfur flux into the deep ocean or a lack of <a href="/wiki/Dissimilatory_sulfate_reduction" title="Dissimilatory sulfate reduction">dissimilatory sulfate reduction</a> (DSR), the process by which microorganisms use sulfate in place of oxygen for respiration. The product of DSR is hydrogen sulfide, which readily precipitates iron out of solution as pyrite.<a href="#cite_note-holland-2006-31">[31]</a> The requirement of an anoxic, but not euxinic, deep ocean for deposition of banded iron formation suggests two models to explain the end of BIF deposition 1.8 billion years ago. The "Holland ocean" model proposes that the deep ocean became sufficiently oxygenated at that time to end transport of reduced iron. <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Holland" title="Heinrich Holland">Heinrich Holland</a> argues that the absence of <a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">manganese</a> deposits during the pause between Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic BIFs is evidence that the deep ocean had become at least slightly oxygenated. The "Canfield ocean" model proposes that, to the contrary, the deep ocean became euxinic and transport of reduced iron was blocked by precipitation as pyrite.<a href="#cite_note-holland-2006-31">[31]</a> Banded iron formations in northern <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> are overlain by a thick layer of ejecta from the <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_Basin" title="Sudbury Basin">Sudbury Basin</a> impact. An <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a> (estimated at 10 km (6.2 mi) across) <a href="/wiki/Impact_event" title="Impact event">impacted</a> into waters about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) deep 1.849 billion years ago, coincident with the pause in BIF deposition. Computer models suggest that the impact would have generated a <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> at least 1,000 m (3,300 ft) high at the point of impact, and 100 m (330 ft) high about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) away. It has been suggested that the immense waves and large underwater landslides triggered by the impact caused the mixing of a previously stratified ocean, oxygenated the deep ocean, and ended BIF deposition shortly after the impact.<a href="#cite_note-Slack_2009-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Oxidation">Oxidation</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Oxidation">edit</a>]</div> Although Cloud argued that microbial activity was a key process in the deposition of banded iron formation, the role of oxygenic versus <a href="/wiki/Anoxygenic_photosynthesis" title="Anoxygenic photosynthesis">anoxygenic photosynthesis</a> continues to be debated, and nonbiogenic processes have also been proposed. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Oxygenic_photosynthesis">Oxygenic photosynthesis</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Oxygenic photosynthesis">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg/220px-CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg/330px-CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg/440px-CSIRO_ScienceImage_4203_A_bluegreen_algae_species_Cylindrospermum_sp_under_magnification.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Cyanobacteria species Cylindrospermum sp. under magnification</figcaption></figure> Cloud's original hypothesis was that ferrous iron was oxidized in a straightforward manner by molecular oxygen present in the water:<a href="#cite_note-Cloud_1973-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style>4 Fe2+ + O2 + 10 H2O → 4 Fe(OH)3 + 8 H+</dd></dl> The oxygen comes from the photosynthetic activities of cyanobacteria.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> Oxidation of ferrous iron may have been hastened by aerobic iron-oxidizing bacteria, which can increase rates of oxidation by a factor of 50 under conditions of low oxygen.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Anoxygenic_photosynthesis">Anoxygenic photosynthesis</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anoxygenic photosynthesis">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG/220px-Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG/330px-Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG/440px-Iron_bacteria_burn.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Burn_(landform)" title="Burn (landform)">burn</a> in Scotland with iron-oxidizing bacteria.</figcaption></figure> Oxygenic photosynthesis is not the only biogenic mechanism for deposition of banded iron formations. Some geochemists have suggested that banded iron formations could form by direct oxidation of iron by microbial <a href="/wiki/Anoxygenic_photosynthesis" title="Anoxygenic photosynthesis">anoxygenic phototrophs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The concentrations of phosphorus and trace metals in BIFs are consistent with precipitation through the activities of iron-oxidizing bacteria.<a href="#cite_note-konhauser-etal-2002-45">[45]</a> Iron isotope ratios in the oldest banded iron formations (3700-3800 Ma), at Isua, Greenland, are best explained by assuming extremely low oxygen levels (<0.001% of modern O2 levels in the photic zone) and anoxygenic photosynthetic oxidation of Fe(II):<a href="#cite_note-czaja-etal-2013-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410">4 Fe2+ + 11 H2O + CO2 + hv → CH2O + 4 Fe(OH)3 + 8 H+</dd></dl> This requires that dissimilatory iron reduction, the biological process in which microorganisms substitute Fe(III) for oxygen in respiration, was not yet widespread.<a href="#cite_note-czaja-etal-2013-21">[21]</a> By contrast, Lake Superior-type banded iron formations show iron isotope ratios that suggest that dissimilatory iron reduction expanded greatly during this period.<a href="#cite_note-johnson-etal-2008-46">[46]</a> An alternate route is oxidation by anaerobic <a href="/wiki/Denitrifying_bacteria" title="Denitrifying bacteria">denitrifying bacteria</a>. This requires that <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen_fixation" title="Nitrogen fixation">nitrogen fixation</a> by microorganisms is also active.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410">10 Fe2+ + 2 NO−3 + 24 H2O → 10 Fe(OH)3 + N2 + 18 H+</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Abiogenic_mechanisms">Abiogenic mechanisms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Abiogenic mechanisms">edit</a>]</div> The lack of organic carbon in banded iron formation argues against microbial control of BIF deposition.<a href="#cite_note-klein-beukes-1989-47">[47]</a> On the other hand, there is <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> evidence for abundant photosynthesizing cyanobacteria at the start of BIF deposition<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Biosignature" title="Biosignature">hydrocarbon markers</a> in shales within banded iron formation of the Pilbara craton.<a href="#cite_note-brocks-etal-1999-48">[48]</a> The carbon that is present in banded iron formations is enriched in the light isotope, 12C, an <a href="/wiki/Carbon_isotope_ratio" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon isotope ratio">indicator</a> of a biological origin. If a substantial part of the original iron oxides was in the form of hematite, then any carbon in the sediments might have been oxidized by the decarbonization reaction:<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410">6 Fe2O3 + C ⇌ 4 Fe3O4 + CO2</dd></dl> Trendall and J.G. Blockley proposed, but later rejected, the hypothesis that banded iron formation might be a peculiar kind of Precambrian <a href="/wiki/Evaporite" title="Evaporite">evaporite</a>.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Other proposed abiogenic processes include <a href="/wiki/Radiolysis" title="Radiolysis">radiolysis</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_isotope" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactive isotope">radioactive isotope</a> of <a href="/wiki/Potassium" title="Potassium">potassium</a>, 40K,<a href="#cite_note-draganic-etal-1991-49">[49]</a> or annual turnover of basin water combined with upwelling of iron-rich water in a stratified ocean.<a href="#cite_note-klein-beukes-1989-47">[47]</a> Another abiogenic mechanism is <a href="/wiki/Photooxidation" class="mw-redirect" title="Photooxidation">photooxidation</a> of iron by sunlight. Laboratory experiments suggest that this could produce a sufficiently high deposition rate under likely conditions of pH and sunlight.<a href="#cite_note-braterman-etal-1983-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-braterman-cairns-smith-1987-51">[51]</a> However, if the iron came from a shallow hydrothermal source, other laboratory experiments suggest that precipitation of ferrous iron as carbonates or silicates could seriously compete with photooxidation.<a href="#cite_note-konhauser-etal-2007-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Diagenesis">Diagenesis</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Diagenesis">edit</a>]</div> Regardless of the precise mechanism of oxidation, the oxidation of ferrous to ferric iron likely caused the iron to precipitate out as a <a href="/wiki/Ferric_hydroxide" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferric hydroxide">ferric hydroxide</a> gel. Similarly, the silica component of the banded iron formations likely precipitated as a hydrous silica gel.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> The conversion of iron hydroxide and silica gels to banded iron formation is an example of <a href="/wiki/Diagenesis" title="Diagenesis">diagenesis</a>, the conversion of sediments into solid rock. There is evidence that banded iron formations formed from sediments with nearly the same chemical composition as is found in the BIFs today. The BIFs of the Hamersley Range show great chemical homogeneity and lateral uniformity, with no indication of any precursor rock that might have been altered to the current composition. This suggests that, other than dehydration and decarbonization of the original ferric hydroxide and silica gels, diagenesis likely left the composition unaltered and consisted of crystallization of the original gels.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Decarbonization may account for the lack of carbon and preponderance of magnetite in older banded iron formations.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2002-2">[2]</a> The relatively high content of hematite in Neoproterozoic BIFs suggests they were deposited very quickly and via a process that did not produce great quantities of biomass, so that little carbon was present to reduce hematite to magnetite.<a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> However, it is possible that BIF was altered from carbonate rock<a href="#cite_note-kimberley-1974-53">[53]</a> or from hydrothermal mud<a href="#cite_note-krapez-etal-201-54">[54]</a> during late stages of diagenesis. A 2018 study found no evidence that magnetite in BIF formed by decarbonization, and suggests that it formed from thermal decomposition of <a href="/wiki/Siderite" title="Siderite">siderite</a> via the reaction <dl><dd><dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410">3 FeCO3 + H2O → Fe3O4 + 3 CO2 + H2</dd></dl></dd></dl> The iron may have originally precipitated as <a href="/wiki/Greenalite" title="Greenalite">greenalite</a> and other iron silicates. Macrobanding is then interpreted as a product of compaction of the original iron silicate mud. This produced siderite-rich bands that served as pathways for fluid flow and formation of magnetite.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Great_Oxidation_Event">The Great Oxidation Event</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Great Oxidation Event">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oxygenation-atm-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Oxygenation-atm-2.svg/440px-Oxygenation-atm-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Oxygenation-atm-2.svg/660px-Oxygenation-atm-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Oxygenation-atm-2.svg/880px-Oxygenation-atm-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event" title="Great Oxidation Event">Oxygen (O2) build-up</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a>. Red and green lines represent the range of the estimates while time is measured in billions of years ago (Ga).<a href="#cite_note-holland-2006-31">[31]</a> Banded formation iron deposition peaks at the beginning of Stage 2 and pauses at the beginning of Stage 3.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event" title="Great Oxidation Event">Great Oxidation Event</a></div> The peak of deposition of banded iron formations in the late Archean, and the end of deposition in the Orosirian, have been interpreted as markers for the Great Oxygenation Event. Prior to 2.45 billion years ago, the high degree of <a href="/wiki/Mass-independent_fractionation" title="Mass-independent fractionation">mass-independent fractionation</a> of sulfur (MIF-S) indicates an extremely oxygen-poor atmosphere. The peak of banded iron formation deposition coincides with the disappearance of the MIF-S signal, which is interpreted as the permanent appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere between 2.41 and 2.35 billion years ago. This was accompanied by the development of a stratified ocean with a deep anoxic layer and a shallow oxidized layer. The end of deposition of BIF at 1.85 billion years ago is attributed to the oxidation of the deep ocean.<a href="#cite_note-holland-2006-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Snowball_Earth_hypothesis">Snowball Earth hypothesis</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Snowball Earth hypothesis">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Snowball_Earth" title="Snowball Earth">Snowball Earth</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation,_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg/220px-Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg/330px-Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg/440px-Jaspilite_banded_iron_formation%2C_Soudan_Underground_State_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Neoarchean banded iron formation from northeastern <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></figcaption></figure> Until 1992<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> it was assumed that the rare, later (younger) banded iron deposits represented unusual conditions where oxygen was depleted locally. Iron-rich waters would then form in isolation and subsequently come into contact with oxygenated water. The Snowball Earth hypothesis provided an alternative explanation for these younger deposits. In a Snowball Earth state the continents, and possibly seas at low latitudes, were subject to a severe ice age circa 750 to 580 Ma that nearly or totally depleted free oxygen. Dissolved iron then accumulated in the oxygen-poor oceans (possibly from seafloor hydrothermal vents).<a href="#cite_note-cheilletz-etal-2006-57">[57]</a> Following the thawing of the Earth, the seas became oxygenated once more causing the precipitation of the iron.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a> Banded iron formations of this period are predominantly associated with the <a href="/wiki/Sturtian_glaciation" title="Sturtian glaciation">Sturtian glaciation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stern-etal-2006-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> An alternative mechanism for banded iron formations in the Snowball Earth era suggests the iron was deposited from metal-rich <a href="/wiki/Brine" title="Brine">brines</a> in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Hydrothermal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrothermal">hydrothermally</a> active <a href="/wiki/Rift_zone" title="Rift zone">rift zones</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> due to glacially-driven thermal overturn.<a href="#cite_note-young-2002-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-stern-etal-2006-58">[58]</a> The limited extent of these BIFs compared with the associated glacial deposits, their association with volcanic formations, and variation in thickness and facies favor this hypothesis. Such a mode of formation does not require a global anoxic ocean, but is consistent with either a Snowball Earth or <a href="/wiki/Slushball_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Slushball Earth">Slushball Earth</a> model.<a href="#cite_note-young-2002-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-cox-etal-2013-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_geology">Economic geology</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Economic geology">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg/220px-Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg/330px-Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg/440px-Hull%E2%80%93Rust%E2%80%93Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2534" data-file-height="1752" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hull-Rust-Mahoning_Open_Pit_Iron_Mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine">Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">Iron Range</a></figcaption></figure> Banded iron formations provide most of the <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> presently mined.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2005-6">[6]</a> More than 60% of global iron reserves are in the form of banded iron formation, most of which can be found in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United States.<a href="#cite_note-Nadoll_2014-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-Zhu_2014-41">[41]</a> Different mining districts coined their own names for BIFs. The term "banded iron formation" was coined in the iron districts of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior" title="Lake Superior">Lake Superior</a>, where the ore deposits of the Mesabi, <a href="/wiki/Marquette,_Michigan" title="Marquette, Michigan">Marquette</a>, Cuyuna, <a href="/wiki/Gogebic_Range" title="Gogebic Range">Gogebic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Menominee,_Michigan" title="Menominee, Michigan">Menominee</a> <a href="/wiki/Iron_Range" title="Iron Range">iron ranges</a> were also variously known as "jasper", "jaspilite", "iron-bearing formation", or <a href="/wiki/Taconite" title="Taconite">taconite</a>. Banded iron formations were described as "itabarite" in Brazil, as "ironstone" in South Africa, and as "BHQ" (banded hematite quartzite) in India.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-2005-6">[6]</a> Banded iron formation was first discovered in northern <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> in 1844, and mining of these deposits prompted the earliest studies of BIFs, such as those of <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Van_Hise" title="Charles R. Van Hise">Charles R. Van Hise</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kenneth_Leith" title="Charles Kenneth Leith">Charles Kenneth Leith</a>.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a> Iron mining operations on the Mesabi and Cuyuna Ranges evolved into enormous <a href="/wiki/Open_pit_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Open pit mines">open pit mines</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Steam_shovel" title="Steam shovel">steam shovels</a> and other industrial machines could remove massive amounts of ore. Initially the mines exploited large beds of hematite and <a href="/wiki/Goethite" title="Goethite">goethite</a> weathered out of the banded iron formations, and some 2,500,000,000 t (2.5×109 long tons; 2.8×109 short tons) of this "natural ore" had been extracted by 1980.<a href="#cite_note-explore-2016-61">[61]</a> By 1956, large-scale commercial production from the BIF itself began at the Peter Mitchell Mine near <a href="/wiki/Babbitt,_Minnesota" title="Babbitt, Minnesota">Babbitt, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ridge-62">[62]</a> Production in Minnesota was 40,000,000 t (39,000,000 long tons; 44,000,000 short tons) of ore concentrate per year in 2016, which is about 75% of total U.S. production.<a href="#cite_note-explore-2016-61">[61]</a> Magnetite-rich banded iron formation, known locally as taconite, is ground to a powder, and the magnetite is <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_separation" title="Magnetic separation">separated with powerful magnets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pelletizing" title="Pelletizing">pelletized</a> for shipment and smelting.<a href="#cite_note-DNR1-63">[63]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Tom_Price_mine,_September_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg/220px-Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg/330px-Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg/440px-Mount_Tom_Price_mine%2C_September_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="964" /></a><figcaption>Tom Price Mine, <a href="/wiki/Hamersley_Range" title="Hamersley Range">Hamersley Range</a>, Australia</figcaption></figure> Iron ore became a global commodity after the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, and with the end of the embargo against exporting iron ore from Australia in 1960, the Hamersley Range became a major mining district.<a href="#cite_note-trendall-blockley-2004-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-Geology-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-Iron2002-26">[26]</a> The banded iron formations here are the thickest and most extensive in the world,<a href="#cite_note-condie-2015-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-wam-2014-27">[27]</a> originally covering an area of 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) and containing about 300,000,000,000 t (3.0×1011 long tons; 3.3×1011 short tons) of iron.<a href="#cite_note-wam-2014-27">[27]</a> The range contains 80 percent of all identified iron ore reserves in Australia.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Over 100,000,000 t (98,000,000 long tons; 110,000,000 short tons) of iron ore is removed from the range every year.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> The Itabarite banded iron formations of Brazil cover at least 80,000 square kilometers (31,000 square miles) and are up to 600 meters (2,000 feet) thick.<a href="#cite_note-gole-klein-1981-7">[7]</a> These form the Quadrilatero Ferrifero or <a href="/wiki/Iron_Quadrangle" title="Iron Quadrangle">Iron Quadrangle</a>, which resembles the Iron Range mines of United States in that the favored ore is hematite weathered out of the BIFs.<a href="#cite_note-mdo-2020-66">[66]</a> Production from the Iron Quadrangle helps make Brazil the second largest producer of iron ore after Australia, with monthly exports averaging 139,299 t (137,099 long tons; 153,551 short tons) from December 2007 to May 2018.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG/461px-%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG" decoding="async" width="461" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG/692px-%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG/922px-%E9%9E%8D%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82%E9%BD%90%E5%A4%A7%E5%B1%B1%E9%93%81%E7%9F%BF.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3317" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Qidashan open cast iron ore mine, one of three large pits surrounding Anshan city</figcaption></figure> Mining of ore from banded iron formations at <a href="/wiki/Anshan" title="Anshan">Anshan</a> in north China began in 1918. When Japan occupied Northeast China in 1931, these mills were turned into a Japanese-owned monopoly, and the city became a significant strategic industrial hub during the Second World War. Total production of processed iron in <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a> reached 1,000,000 t (980,000 long tons; 1,100,000 short tons) in 1931–1932. By 1942, Anshan's Shōwa Steel Works total production capacity reached 3,600,000 t (3,500,000 long tons; 4,000,000 short tons) per annum, making it one of the major iron and steel centers in the world.<a href="#cite_note-Beasley_1991-68">[68]</a> Production was severely disrupted during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Manchuria" title="Soviet occupation of Manchuria">Soviet occupation of Manchuria</a> in 1945 and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>. However, from 1948 to 2001, the steel works produced 290,000,000 t (290,000,000 long tons; 320,000,000 short tons)290 million tons of steel, 284,000,000 t (280,000,000 long tons; 313,000,000 short tons) of <a href="/wiki/Pig_iron" title="Pig iron">pig iron</a> and 192,000,000 t (189,000,000 long tons; 212,000,000 short tons) of <a href="/wiki/Rolled_steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolled steel">rolled steel</a>. Annual production capacity as of 2006<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit">[update]</a> is 10,000,000 t (9,800,000 long tons; 11,000,000 short tons) of pig iron, 10,000,000 t (9,800,000 long tons; 11,000,000 short tons) of steel and 9,500,000 t (9,300,000 long tons; 10,500,000 short tons) of rolled steel. A quarter of China's total iron ore reserves, about 10,000,000,000 t (9.8×109 long tons; 1.1×1010 short tons), are located in Anshan.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iron-rich_sedimentary_rocks" title="Iron-rich sedimentary rocks">Iron-rich sedimentary rocks</a> – Sedimentary rocks containing 15 wt.% or more iron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stromatolite" title="Stromatolite">Stromatolite</a> – Layered sedimentary structure formed by the growth of bacteria or algae</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Banded_iron_formation&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-james-1954-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-james-1954_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-james-1954_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-james-1954_1-2">c</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJames1954" class="citation journal cs1">James, Harold Lloyd (1 May 1954). 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(2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060908034327/http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/~jelte/essays/BIFs.doc">"Banded Iron Formation: A Continuing Enigma of Geology"</a>. University of Washington. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/~jelte/essays/BIFs.doc">the original</a> on 8 September 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Banded+Iron+Formation%3A+A+Continuing+Enigma+of+Geology.&rft.pub=University+of+Washington&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Harnmeijer&rft.aufirst=J.P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fearthweb.ess.washington.edu%2F~jelte%2Fessays%2FBIFs.doc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABanded+iron+formation" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation journal cs1">Klein, C. (October 2005). 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(mineral)" title="Dolomite (mineral)">Dolomite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Magnesium" title="Magnesium">magnesium</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesite" title="Magnesite">Magnesite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Magnesium" title="Magnesium">magnesium</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malachite" title="Malachite">Malachite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.0em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baryte" title="Baryte">Baryte</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barium" title="Barium">barium</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauxite" title="Bauxite">Bauxite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminium</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beryl" title="Beryl">Beryl</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beryllium" title="Beryllium">beryllium</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sperrylite" title="Sperrylite">Sperrylite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Platinum" title="Platinum">platinum</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scheelite" title="Scheelite">Scheelite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten">tungsten</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolframite" title="Wolframite">Wolframite</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tungsten" title="Tungsten">tungsten</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deposit types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Banded iron formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonate-hosted_lead-zinc_ore_deposits" title="Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc ore deposits">Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_mineral_sands_ore_deposits" title="Heavy mineral sands ore deposits">Heavy mineral sands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_oxide_copper_gold_ore_deposits" title="Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits">Iron oxide copper gold (IOCG)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kambalda_type_komatiitic_nickel_ore_deposits" title="Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits">Kambalda-type komatiitic nickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateritic_nickel_ore_deposits" title="Lateritic nickel ore deposits">Lateritic nickel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ore#Nickel-cobalt-platinum_deposits" title="Ore">Magmatic nickel-copper-iron-PGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porphyry_copper_deposit" title="Porphyry copper deposit">Porphyry copper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_exhalative_deposits" title="Sedimentary exhalative deposits">Sedimentary exhalative (SedEx)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uranium_ore" title="Uranium ore">Uranium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcanogenic_massive_sulfide_ore_deposit" title="Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit">Volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orogenic_gold_deposit" title="Orogenic gold deposit">Orogenic gold deposit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg/23px-Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg" decoding="async" width="23" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg/34px-Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg/46px-Am%C3%A9thystre_sceptre2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2893" data-file-height="3552" /> <a href="/wiki/Portal:Minerals" title="Portal:Minerals">Minerals portal</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Types_of_rocks" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">Igneous rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adakite" title="Adakite">Adakite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andesite" title="Andesite">Andesite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkali_feldspar_granite" title="Alkali feldspar granite">Alkali feldspar granite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anorthosite" title="Anorthosite">Anorthosite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aplite" title="Aplite">Aplite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">Basalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alkali_basalt" title="Alkali basalt">Alkali basalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picrite_basalt" title="Picrite basalt">Picrite basalt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basaltic_trachyandesite" class="mw-redirect" title="Basaltic trachyandesite">Basaltic trachyandesite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mugearite" title="Mugearite">Mugearite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoshonite" title="Shoshonite">Shoshonite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanite" title="Basanite">Basanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blairmorite" title="Blairmorite">Blairmorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boninite" title="Boninite">Boninite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonatite" title="Carbonatite">Carbonatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charnockite" title="Charnockite">Charnockite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enderbite" title="Enderbite">Enderbite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacite" title="Dacite">Dacite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diabase" title="Diabase">Diabase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite">Diorite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Napoleonite" title="Napoleonite">Napoleonite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunite" title="Dunite">Dunite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essexite" title="Essexite">Essexite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foidolite" title="Foidolite">Foidolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabbro" title="Gabbro">Gabbro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">Granite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granodiorite" title="Granodiorite">Granodiorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granophyre" title="Granophyre">Granophyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harzburgite" title="Harzburgite">Harzburgite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornblendite" title="Hornblendite">Hornblendite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyaloclastite" title="Hyaloclastite">Hyaloclastite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandite" title="Icelandite">Icelandite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignimbrite" title="Ignimbrite">Ignimbrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijolite" title="Ijolite">Ijolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberlite" title="Kimberlite">Kimberlite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komatiite" title="Komatiite">Komatiite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamproite" title="Lamproite">Lamproite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamprophyre" title="Lamprophyre">Lamprophyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latite" title="Latite">Latite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lherzolite" title="Lherzolite">Lherzolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monzogranite" title="Monzogranite">Monzogranite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monzonite" title="Monzonite">Monzonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepheline_syenite" title="Nepheline syenite">Nepheline syenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephelinite" title="Nephelinite">Nephelinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norite" title="Norite">Norite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">Obsidian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegmatite" title="Pegmatite">Pegmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peridotite" title="Peridotite">Peridotite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonolite" title="Phonolite">Phonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonotephrite" title="Phonotephrite">Phonotephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porphyry_(geology)" title="Porphyry (geology)">Porphyry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumice" title="Pumice">Pumice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyroxenite" title="Pyroxenite">Pyroxenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_diorite" title="Quartz diorite">Quartz diorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_monzonite" title="Quartz monzonite">Quartz monzonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartzolite" title="Quartzolite">Quartzolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyodacite" title="Rhyodacite">Rhyodacite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyolite" title="Rhyolite">Rhyolite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comendite" title="Comendite">Comendite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantellerite" title="Pantellerite">Pantellerite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoria" title="Scoria">Scoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shonkinite" title="Shonkinite">Shonkinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovite" title="Sovite">Sovite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syenite" title="Syenite">Syenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachylyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tachylyte">Tachylyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephriphonolite" title="Tephriphonolite">Tephriphonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephrite" title="Tephrite">Tephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonalite" title="Tonalite">Tonalite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyandesite" title="Trachyandesite">Trachyandesite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benmoreite" title="Benmoreite">Benmoreite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachybasalt" title="Trachybasalt">Trachybasalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiite" title="Hawaiite">Hawaiite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyte" title="Trachyte">Trachyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troctolite" title="Troctolite">Troctolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trondhjemite" title="Trondhjemite">Trondhjemite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">Tuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Websterite" title="Websterite">Websterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wehrlite" title="Wehrlite">Wehrlite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">Sedimentary rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argillite" title="Argillite">Argillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkose" title="Arkose">Arkose</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Banded iron formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breccia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcarenite" title="Calcarenite">Calcarenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">Chert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claystone" class="mw-redirect" title="Claystone">Claystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(geology)" title="Conglomerate (geology)">Conglomerate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coquina" title="Coquina">Coquina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamictite" title="Diamictite">Diamictite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diatomite" class="mw-redirect" title="Diatomite">Diatomite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">Dolomite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evaporite" title="Evaporite">Evaporite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geyserite" title="Geyserite">Geyserite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">Greywacke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gritstone" title="Gritstone">Gritstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itacolumite" title="Itacolumite">Itacolumite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaspillite" title="Jaspillite">Jaspillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">Laterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lignite" title="Lignite">Lignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumachelle" title="Lumachelle">Lumachelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marl" title="Marl">Marl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">Mudstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_shale" title="Oil shale">Oil shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">Oolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">Phosphorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">Sandstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">Shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siltstone" title="Siltstone">Siltstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvinite" title="Sylvinite">Sylvinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillite" class="mw-redirect" title="Tillite">Tillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travertine" title="Travertine">Travertine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufa" title="Tufa">Tufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbidite" title="Turbidite">Turbidite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varve" title="Varve">Varve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wackestone" title="Wackestone">Wackestone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">Metamorphic rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">Anthracite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphibolite" title="Amphibolite">Amphibolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blueschist" title="Blueschist">Blueschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cataclasite" title="Cataclasite">Cataclasite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclogite" title="Eclogite">Eclogite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">Gneiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granulite" title="Granulite">Granulite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenschist" title="Greenschist">Greenschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornfels" title="Hornfels">Hornfels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcflinta" title="Calcflinta">Calcflinta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabirite" title="Itabirite">Itabirite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfieldite" title="Litchfieldite">Litchfieldite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">Marble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migmatite" title="Migmatite">Migmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylonite" title="Mylonite">Mylonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Metapelite">Metapelite</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metapsammite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metapsammite (page does not exist)">Metapsammite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllite" title="Phyllite">Phyllite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudotachylite" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudotachylite">Pseudotachylite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite">Quartzite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schist" title="Schist">Schist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpentinite" title="Serpentinite">Serpentinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skarn" title="Skarn">Skarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slate" title="Slate">Slate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suevite" title="Suevite">Suevite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talc_carbonate" title="Talc carbonate">Talc carbonate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soapstone" title="Soapstone">Soapstone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tectonite" title="Tectonite">Tectonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteschist" title="Whiteschist">Whiteschist</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specific varieties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Adamellite">Adamellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appinite" title="Appinite">Appinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aphanite" title="Aphanite">Aphanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borolanite" title="Borolanite">Borolanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larvikite" title="Larvikite">Blue Granite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epidosite" title="Epidosite">Epidosite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felsite" title="Felsite">Felsite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint" 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