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Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, 2nd Edition. American Geological Institute in cooperation with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 646 p.,
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manganocrete deposits with gray to black matrix containing abundant manganese oxide minerals.
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Ferricrete Classification, Morphology, Distribution, and Carbon-14 Age Constraints
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Environmental Effects of Historical Mining, Animas River Watershed, Colorado,
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to create roads in rural areas. It is better known in these regions by its
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deposits with few or no clasts, exhibiting fine, horizontal lamination; and
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US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1651, 2007, p. 726
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Ferricrete also occurs in the United States in areas of the
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with massive to minor layering subparallel to hillslopes;
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sedimentary rock
conglomerate
breccia
duricrust
iron oxides
ferruginous
duricrust
hardpan

Questa, New Mexico
colluvial
breccia
Animas River
Colorado
alluvial
conglomerates
colluvial
breccias
bog
Gulf Coastal Plain
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Australia
Western Australia

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