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STOCKWORK DEPOSIT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2005-03-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Metals Mining
- Economic Geology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- stockwork
1, record 1, English, stockwork
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- stockwork deposit 2, record 1, English, stockwork%20deposit
correct
- network deposit 3, record 1, English, network%20deposit
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A mineral deposit consisting of a three-dimensional network of planar to irregular veinlets closely enough spaced that the whole mass can be mined. 3, record 1, English, - stockwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The ore minerals ... are scattered through the host rock either as what is called disseminated mineralization ..., or they are largely or wholly restricted to quartz veinlets which form a ramifying complex called a stockwork ... 2, record 1, English, - stockwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Quartz-molybdenite-scheelite stockworks. 4, record 1, English, - stockwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The term [stockwork] is not generally applied to a small-scale system such as might occur in a brecciated zone. If the veinlets contain an ore mineral it is generally necessary to work the mass as a whole, since the veins are too thin and too closely spaced to be worked individually. 5, record 1, English, - stockwork
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mines métalliques
- Géologie économique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- stockwerk
1, record 1, French, stockwerk
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Gisement constitué de petits filons entrecroisés, particulièrement nombreux et rapprochés, [...] le terrain intercalaire est imprégné de minerai, de sorte qu'on exploite toute la masse du gisement. 2, record 1, French, - stockwerk
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un stockwerk est un faisceau de filonnets très minces et anastomosés dans une roche primitive. 3, record 1, French, - stockwerk
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Lorsque les filons entrecroisés sont particulièrement denses bien que de petites dimensions, on désigne leur ensemble sous le nom de stockwerks, fréquents au voisinage des batholites, et qu'on peut rapprocher des gîtes de ségrégation. 4, record 1, French, - stockwerk
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Stockwerks à quartz-molybdénite-scheelite. 5, record 1, French, - stockwerk
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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