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METAL ORE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Economic Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

[A] metalliferous mineral ... having economic value, from which the useful metals can be advantageously extracted.

OBS

As opposed to "nonmetallic ore".

OBS

metalliferous: ... yielding or producing metals; as a metalliferous ore ...

OBS

metallic: ... containing metals, more particularly, the valuable metals that are the object of mining.

Key term(s)
  • metal ore

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Minerai dans lequel la substance utile est un métal natif ou un composé d'un métal.

CONT

L'ensemble gangue et minéraux contenant les métaux exploités constitue le minerai métallifère.

CONT

[Les roches sédimentaires] fournissent [...] une bonne partie des minerais métalliques (aluminium, manganèse, fer, or, étain, uranium, etc.).

CONT

Au cours de l'Archéen précoce, la plupart des minerais métalliques ont été déposés sur le fond océanique ou à son voisinage par des éruptions de laves, à partir desquelles des sulfures ont précipité.

OBS

Métaux, Nomenclature de Bruxelles.

Spanish

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