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SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geology
CONT

... sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits occur in reduced host rocks adjacent to redbeds.

OBS

Individual deposits have been variously referred to as syngenetic, sedimentary, syndiagenetic, diagenetic, stratiform, concordant, peneconcordant, stratabound, stratiform, sediment-hosted, shale-hosted, sandstone-hosted and carbonate-hosted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie
CONT

Gisements dans les sédiments. La plupart des gisements de ce type appartiennent à des plates-formes continentales, souvent situées en bordure du domaine géosynclinal. L'évolution latérale de ce type de milieu fait que les gisements peuvent se déplacer dans le temps et l'espace dans une même province.

CONT

Gîtes métallifères. - Les gîtes inclus dans les séries sédimentaires présentent des liens, parfois étroits, avec des organismes ou des structures organiques.

Spanish

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