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ENCAISSANT ALTERE [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Metals Mining
CONT

In most mesothermal gold veins, the gold mineralization occurs in the veins, but in some deposits the bulk of the gold is in the adjacent altered wallrocks, or in both.

OBS

wall-rock alteration: Alteration of country rock adjacent to hydrothermal ore deposits by the fluids responsible for or derived during the formation of the deposits ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Encaissant altéré : enrichi en carbonates et appauvri en silice.

OBS

Voir fiches «roche altérée» et «roche encaissante».

Spanish

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