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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Mining Rights and Concessions
CONT

... a contorted vein worked in the Caribou district of Nova Scotia ... consists of an anticlinal fold having a subordinate synclinal fold at the apex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Droit minier
CONT

Dans ces zones profondes s'évaderaient [...] des venues minéralisatrices, qui iraient former des dépôts froids dans la partie sommitale.

OBS

Par sa position apicale à l'égard du stock monzonitique et par sa répartition «disséminée» dans des veinules, cette minéralisation se rapproche [...] du type cuivre disséminé ou porphyrique [...]

OBS

[...] dans la zonalité normale, étain et tungstène occupent tous deux des positions apicales très voisines et très recouvrantes [...]

Key term(s)
  • à l'apex

Spanish

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