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FUSIFORM LENS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-01-07

English

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

A cylindrical orebody shaped like a spindle, i.e. tapering toward each end from a swollen middle.

CONT

The Anaconda veins are the largest and most productive, averaging 6-10 m in thickness with local ore pods up to 30 m thick.

CONT

The chromite is found in deeper parts of the ophiolite as lenses, bands and pods in the layered and deformed ultramafic rocks.

Key term(s)
  • podlike lens

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

Corps minéralisé allongé en cigare.

CONT

Les dépôts de rivage s'ordonnent en ordre principal en lentilles allongées et étroites.

CONT

Dans la plupart des mines importantes, on exploite plusieurs amas podiformes que l'on peut également qualifier de lentilles fusiformes.

Spanish

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