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VEIN MATTER [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

Minerals included in a lode or vein, including economically valueless gangue.

CONT

Treatment of the Veinstuff. Gold occurs in its matrix (the veinstuff) in a finely divided state and distributed in irregular proportions, both in a "free" condition ..., and in combination ... with other metals or their ores. The first step in effecting the extraction of the gold from the veinstuff is to bring about its disengagement from its associated mineral matters ...

CONT

Pyrite ... occurs plentifully on almost all gold-fields, and is rarely free from traces of gold. At Sandhurst, Victoria, it forms the vein-stuff in some places.

CONT

Auriferous veinstuff.

French

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

Contenu d'un filon dont les limites correspondent aux épontes.

OBS

Ses matériaux peuvent être minéralisés ou non (caisse minéralisée ou caisse stérile).

OBS

On nomme aussi «caisse filonienne» le remplissage filonien [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
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