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Record 1 1997-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Quarried Stone - Various
CONT

Placer deposits are commonly found in deeply weathered unglaciated terrane within a stable craton that contains auriferous host rocks. Metamorphic rocks are especially common and include a wide variety of metasedimentary schists and gneisses, as well as volcanic, ultramafic and granitic rocks, Precambrian to Tertiary in age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Pierres diverses (Carrières)
OBS

Par analogie avec «roche sédimentaire métamorphisée» et «roche métasédimentaire» (voir fiche).

Spanish

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