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GOLD REEF [1 record]

Record 1 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

... the auriferous reefs and cements of the Tuapeka district, in New Zealand, are partially of Lower Carboniferous age. ... in certain places they form the country in which quartz reefs carrying gold and other minerals have been found.

OBS

reef: ... a metalliferous mineral deposit, especially gold bearing quartz.

OBS

reef: term used in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Les barres de conglomérat aurifère (les reefs ou récifs ainsi appelés car ils forment de petits reliefs à la surface du sol quand ils affleurent) comprennent, en général, de bas en haut : Le Dominion Reef [...]; le Main Reef [...]; le Bird Reef [...]; le Kimberley Reef [...]; l'Elsburg Reef [...]; le Black Reef [...]

OBS

[...] bancs de conglomérats aurifères, appelés «Reefs», parce qu'il donnent un petit relief en surface du fait de leur dureté.

OBS

[...] dans l'ensemble du Rand, les différents bancs conglomératiques [...] présentent chacun des caractères assez différents. Les teneurs en or dans chaque couche aurifère varient en général largement [...]

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