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BEDDING PLANE DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2015-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

A mineral deposit parallel to the stratification of sedimentary rocks.

CONT

... bedded iron and manganese deposits ...

CONT

The largest proportion of manganese production is from Precambrian bedded deposits ...

OBS

The term is used by some writers to describe layerlike deposits of replacement origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques

Spanish

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