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carbonate-hosted deposit [1 record]

Record 1 2000-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Metals Mining
CONT

Individual [copper] deposits have been variously referred to as syngenetic, sedimentary, syndiagenetic, diagenetic, stratiform, concordant, peneconcordant, stratabound, sediment-hosted, shale-hosted, sandstone-hosted and carbonate-hosted.

CONT

Carbonate-hosted base metal deposits. These are important producers of lead and zinc and also ... of fluorite and baryte. Copper is important in some fields notably that of Central Ireland.

CONT

... there is a close correspondence of carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposits and the margins of the major hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basins ...

OBS

Sangster (1976) has divided carbonate base metal deposits into two major types: (1) Mississippi Valley, and (2) Alpine. Other workers do not make this distinction and refer to all low temperature carbonate-hosted deposits as being of Mississippi Valley-type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Dans l'ensemble, deux types [de gisements de bauxite] sont représentées : les gisements sur roches carbonatées et ceux sur roches silicatées [...]

OBS

gisement dans les roches carbonatées : Par analogie avec «gisement dans les roches sédimentaires».

OBS

gisement dans les carbonates : Par analogie avec «gisement dans les sédiments».

Key term(s)
  • gisement encaissé dans des roches carbonatées
  • gîte encaissé dans des roches carbonatées

Spanish

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