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Record 1 2006-12-14

English

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

Zinc-rich skarns that have formed as peripheral parts of some W-Cu skarns in the northern Canadian Cordillera are relatively rich in W, but deficient in Pb and Ag ...

CONT

Silica-deficient, magnetite-rich composite alkaline intrusions.

CONT

This is overlain par copper-poor pyritous shale ... The sandstones are usually copper-poor.

OBS

-poor : Used in expressions like "copper-poor," "sulphur-poor," etc. As opposed to "-rich."

Key term(s)
  • poor
  • deficient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Dans le nord de la Cordillère canadienne, les skarns riches en zinc qui se sont formés à la périphérie de certains skarns à W-Cu sont relativement riches en W, mais pauvres en Pb et Ag [...]

CONT

Intrusions alcalines composites pauvres en silice et riches en magnétite.

Spanish

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