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HORSETAIL VEIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-26

English

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

... a major vein dividing or fraying into smaller fissures.

CONT

Deposits range from simple veins to anastomosing and reticulate veins ..., vein sets, vein breccia, local stockworks, and horsetails.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

À Butte [Montana], un champ filonien d'une extrême complexité géométrique, avec des filons ramifiés en «queue de cheval», est encaissé dans un massif de monzonite quartzique [...]

CONT

Le gisement de Chuquicamata, Chili, [...] est [...] comparable à celui de Butte, c'est-à-dire caractérisé par un réseau de filons très complexes, avec queues de cheval, mis en place dans une zone très fracturée.

Spanish

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