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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The underlying or older rock mass.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - basement%20rock

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The BIF ... in some places are separated from the basement rocks by only a metre or so of quartzite, grit and shale and in some parts ... they rest directly on the basement rocks.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - basement%20rock

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In Ontario's Elliot Lake camp, the favorable ore-bearing sedimentary rock formations lie on top of a granite basement; the hunt for ore, therefore, is restricted to the overlying rocks in this particular case.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - basement%20rock

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Not to be confused with "bedrock."  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - basement%20rock

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol