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BARREN ZONE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-12

English

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

This tin had not been discovered earlier because there can be a barren zone of as much as 100 m or so between the tin and copper zones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Dans les secteurs minéralisés, le contact basalte du mur ultramafique est plus déformé que dans les zones stériles. [...] Les secteurs stériles renferment pour leur part, des sédiments interstitiels, alors que dans les zones minéralisées on trouve des roches ultramafiques directement au-dessus [...]

OBS

Par opposition à «zone minéralisée».

Spanish

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