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HIGH GRADE ORE BODY [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-08-12

English

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

... there are two gold mines in production in the townsite of Balmertown. Recent new discoveries of a high grade orebody at one of these mines is said to be the richest find in Canada in recent history ...

OBS

Such deposits have occasionally yielded small orebodies of phenomenally high grade ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Des forages subséquents ont permis de découvrir un nouveau corps minéralisé à forte teneur qui décèle 2 Mt titrant 13 % de zinc, 6 % de plomb, 1166 g/t d'argent et 9,3 g/t d'or.

CONT

Jusque vers 1930, seuls les corps minéralisés à forte teneur étaient exploitables; c'est pourquoi les filons, riches en minerai massif, ont été les premiers étudiés.

Spanish

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