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Ore Deposit. Ore deposits form when the magma is transported to a new site and undergoes phase separation and mechanical sorting into small volumes of a phase rich in the elements of interest and large volumes of barren material (Figure 1). From: Treatise on Geochemistry (Second Edition), 2014. Related terms: Geochemistry; Iron Oxide; Magnetite ...