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SHEETED-ZONE DEPOSIT [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-04-26

English

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

An ore deposit formed in a system of interlacing openings parallel to the shearing and mostly of infinitesimal size. After mineralization by replacement, a wide, tabular, massive lode or a lens-like mass of irregular shape is produced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

[...] les gîtes [...] qu'on trouve dans les roches cisaillées [...] s'appellent gîtes de zone de cisaillement.

Spanish

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