At divergent ocean plate boundaries, mineral deposits primarily form through the process where metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools. This occurs as seawater seeps into the oceanic crust, gets heated by the underlying magma, and then rises back to the seafloor, precipitating minerals as it cools and loses its dissolved metals.
How do mineral deposits form at divergent ocean plate boundaries? (1 point)
Underground heated water pulls minerats through cracks in the crust, forming veins of minerals
Heat and pressure change the chemical composition of rocks to form minerals
Metals dissolve in superhealed water, forming minerals when the water cools
Deep underground minerals are lifted up by land movement and corposed by weathering and erosion
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