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LADDER LODE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-09

English

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

More or less regularly spaced, short, transverse fracture fillings sometimes occurring in dikes.

CONT

When several transverse veins occur in a dike, they are known as ladder reefs on account of their resemblance to the rungs of a ladder.

OBS

ladder vein; ladder lode; ladder reef: These terms are more often plural in form (ladder veins; ladder lodes; ladder reefs).

Key term(s)
  • ladder veins
  • ladder lodes
  • ladder reefs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Un cas particulier des veines parallèles est celui des «veines en escalier» (ladder veins), transversales à un dyke volcanique et dues à un étirement du dyke rigide entre des couches plus plastiques [...]

OBS

On a cité [...] les filons aurifères de la mine Morning Star (Victoria, Australie), disposés transversalement par rapport à un dyke monzonitique [...] Ils ressemblent aux barreaux d'une échelle, d'où leur dénomination anglaise de «ladder-vein».

Spanish

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