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LODE [6 records]

Record 1 2005-08-11

English

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

A mineral deposit consisting of a zone of veins, veinlets, disseminations, or planar breccias ...

CONT

A lode consists of several veins spaced closely enough so that all of them, together with the intervening rock, can be mined as a unit.

CONT

A system of veins that can be mined directly forms a lode, for example the mother lode of the California gold rush.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Un «lode» [...] est formé d'un certain nombre de veines parallèles de remplissage de fissures, où le roc qui les sépare est parfois minéralisé, de façon à former un massif continu de minerai.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología económica
  • Minas metálicas
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Record 2 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

An epigenetic mineral filling of a fracture in a host rock, in tabular or sheetlike form, often with associated replacement of the host rock; a mineral deposit of this form and origin.

CONT

A system of veins that can be mined directly forms a lode, for example the mother lode of the California gold rush.

OBS

A vein and a lode are generally the same thing; the former being more scientific, the latter, a miner's name for it.

OBS

Lode, as used by miners, is nearly synonymous with the term vein, as employed by geologists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
DEF

Masse minérale de forme tabulaire, qui s'est déposée dans une fracture du roc.

OBS

Une veine a la forme d'un dyke, mais le dyke est composé de roche. On réserve le nom de veines pour les massifs de minerais ayant une composition différente de celle des roches.

OBS

[Le filon] est généralement compris entre deux surfaces sensiblement parallèles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
DEF

Yacimiento mineral estrecho y largo.

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Record 3 2004-09-29

English

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

A veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.

OBS

When metalliferous, it is called by miners a lode.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

Filon métallifère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas metálicas
  • Geología económica
DEF

Filón metalífero.

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Record 4 2003-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Space Weapons
  • Optics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Armes orbitales
  • Optique
Key term(s)
  • Expérience de démonstration sur les grandes optiques

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-25

English

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

Vein deposit.

PHR

Lode deposit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

Qui forme des filons ou qui en est formé.

PHR

Gîte filonien.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Machinery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Machines
OBS

élément logique du détecteur d'objets durs.

Spanish

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