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SURROUNDING WALL ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2006-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

The rock enclosing or traversed by a mineral deposit ... or by an igneous intrusion.

CONT

The surrounding host rocks to these deposits are generally strongly ferruginized and argillized.

French

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

Roche dans laquelle a pris place un massif intrusif ou un filon.

CONT

Les roches volcaniques de South Fork comprennent des cristaux de quartz, de biotite, de feldspath et de thornblende, ainsi qu'un tuf volcanique cristallin. Leur distribution, leur contact faillé avec les roches encaissantes, leur caractère massif, le réseau dense de soudures [etc.].

CONT

Les roches encaissantes de ces gîtes sont généralement fortement ferruginisées et argilisées.

OBS

roche environnante : Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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