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LENTICULAR SHOOT [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper Mining
  • Nickel and Cobalt Mining
CONT

The nickel-copper ores ... typically form lenticular shoots, such as those in the Lynn Lake deposit ... where many of the orebodies are subvertically oriented cigar-shaped zones of mineralization within similarly oriented masses of peridotite, gabbro, and amphibolite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de cuivre
  • Mines de cobalt et de nickel
CONT

Les minerais de nickel-cuivre [...] se présentent typiquement sous forme de colonnes lenticulaires, comme au gisement de Lynn lake [...] où bon nombre des corps minéralisés sont des zones en forme de cigare montrant une attitude subverticale, qui sont encaissées dans des masses de péridotite, de gabbro et d'amphibolite d'orientation semblable.

Spanish

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