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AURIFEROUS BENCH [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
DEF

A deposit of wash-dirt spread over an expanse of flat or undulating bedrock, or lodged in a hollow in bedrock above the level of the gutter...

DEF

Gold-bearing drift.

OBS

Apparently synonymous with bench.

OBS

Auriferous benches are termed reef-wash ... in Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
Key term(s)
  • moraines aurifères
  • moraine aurifère

Spanish

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