If so, how have geologic events played a role in forming this ore?
24.7 Other U S ores, are available in many localities, but mainly the deposits contain limited reserves. Those now most in use are located in Alabama New york. Among the sedimentary rocks of the folded Appalachians are discontinuous beds of of Iron ore which are found in localities from New York to central Alabama. These ores are most used in Alabama, where they are mined in the same district with the coal limestone required for smelting them. from ch-24, p-488, Ores other economic minerals.
A ceramic resistor is used to burn off excess energy and it does it by radiating heat
A Ceramic resistor or a stone resistor is another name for it they are use for high voltage current and why it is called seramic and or stone resistor is cause it looks like a stone material but it is not really stone it is a cement/plastic mixture I think (not sure what the cassing is made of but a resistor is a resistor all the way around sounds just as it works resist -a certain amount of current
Iron ore and there is a famous monument of the Iron Man in Birmingham that I have been to.
ceramic resistors are (obviously) ceramic based- they use specific formulas in the composition of the ceramic to achieve high degrees of accuracy in values (tolerance), high thermal stability, high voltage handling capabilities, and specific additional qualities.