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Record 1 2006-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Solution of metal by surface waters from the upper part of an ore deposit and its redeposition below, causing enrichment of the underlying ore.

CONT

Deposits subjected to paleoweathering may have undergone oxidation of magnetite to hematite, and acquired supergene enrichment of uranium and copper.

PHR

Supergene enrichment factor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Enrichissement près de la surface, résultant généralement de l'action de solutions descendantes.

CONT

L'oxydation de la magnétite en hematite et un enrichissement supergène en uranium et cuivre ont pu se produire dans des gisements ayant subi une paléométéorisation.

PHR

Facteur d'enrichissement supergène.

Spanish

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