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HORSETAIL STRUCTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

An arrangement in the shape of a horsetail, of closely spaced mineralized fissures emanating from major veins and forming together a stockwork.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Lorsque les fissures d'extension se branchent sur l'extrémité d'une grande fracture, on a un dispositif en «queue de cheval»; c'est le cas de certaines zones du réseau filonien de Butte, Montana [...]

CONT

La «queue de cheval» [...] présente de beaux exemples dans certaines parties des gisements de Butte [...]

Spanish

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