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GROUPE STRATAFERS [1 record]

Record 1 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
DEF

Lithological facies formed by chemical, biogenic, and hydrothermal effusive or exhalative processes commonly composed of banded chert and quartz interbedded with oxide, sulphide, carbonate, and silicate minerals containing ferrous, nonferrous, and/or precious metals.

CONT

Most of the high grade manganese deposits throughout the world have developed by enrichment of manganese-bearing lithofacies associated directly with iron-formation or stratafer lithofacies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
DEF

Faciès lithologique formé par des processus chimiques, biogènes et hydrothermaux effusifs ou exhalatifs, principalement composé de chert et de quartz rubanés interstratifiés de minéraux oxydés, sulfurés, carbonatés et silicatés contenant des métaux ferreux, non ferreux ou précieux.

CONT

La plupart des gisements de manganèse à forte teneur dans le monde se sont formés par enrichissement de lithofaciès manganésifères associés directement à une formation de fer ou à un lithofaciès de stratafer.

Spanish

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