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Re:People may one day drill for copper as they now drill for... by eurasiantiger on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:26AM (#27769820)
The entire planet could be described as an ancient volcano, so this discussion is a bit misleading.
Re:People may one day drill for copper as they now drill for... by dodobirdlord on Thursday July 08, 2021 @10:59AM (#27772793)
It's wrong, since "non-ferrous natural resources" includes a lot of things lighter than iron, notably aluminum, but it's not really misleading, it's got the right general idea. Before the Earth formed a solid crust, heavier elements settled out of the outermost layer of liquid and fell inward toward the core. Only where convection plumes have brought magma to the surface from deeper in the mantle do we find high concentrations of heavier elements in the Earth's crust.