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DISSEMINATED ORE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-12-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Various Metal Ores
- Metals Mining
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- disseminated ore
1, record 1, English, disseminated%20ore
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ore carrying small particles of valuable minerals, spread more or less uniformly through the gangue matter ... 2, record 1, English, - disseminated%20ore
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The disseminated ores consist of droplets, schlieren, and fine sulphide veinlets dispersed through picritic, taxitic, and contact gabbro-dolerite in the lower portions of the intrusions, and form sheet-like conformable orebodies that in some cases exceed 40 m in thickness. 3, record 1, English, - disseminated%20ore
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Distinct from massive ore wherein the valuable minerals occur in almost solid form with very little waste material included. 2, record 1, English, - disseminated%20ore
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
- Mines métalliques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- minerai disséminé
1, record 1, French, minerai%20diss%C3%A9min%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- minerai diffus 2, record 1, French, minerai%20diffus
proposal, masculine noun
- minerai à l'état diffus 2, record 1, French, minerai%20%C3%A0%20l%27%C3%A9tat%20diffus
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Il y a] deux types de minerais : les minerais disséminés dans les sédiments, roches éruptives ou métamorphiques, et roches intrusives; les minerais massifs, généralement associés aux phases ultimes du volcanisme acide [...] ou [...] à la base des séries ultrabasiques [...] 3, record 1, French, - minerai%20diss%C3%A9min%C3%A9
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le minerai est tantôt massif, tantôt disséminé au sein de sa roche-support. 3, record 1, French, - minerai%20diss%C3%A9min%C3%A9
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Le plus souvent le minerai est décomposé en même temps que la roche qui le renfermait à l'état diffus. [...] les minerais de nickel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie [...] sont formés de garniérite [...] en concrétions ou incrustations disséminées dans des terres rouges [...] 4, record 1, French, - minerai%20diss%C3%A9min%C3%A9
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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