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AURIFEROUS QUARTZ [10 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2007-01-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Various Metal Ores
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- stringer
1, record 1, English, stringer
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- string 2, record 1, English, string
correct
- stringer veinlet 3, record 1, English, stringer%20veinlet
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A mineral veinlet or filament, usually one of a number, occurring in a discontinuous subparallel pattern in host rock. 4, record 1, English, - stringer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
These auriferous quartz lodes have quartz veins issuing from them in various directions across the country as leaders, flat veins, etc. They sometimes form themselves into irregular masses of veins, at other times they appear as massive bodies of quartz rocks which dwindle into strings that serve as the connecting links with some other quartz blocks. 2, record 1, English, - stringer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Small stringers and dykes of massive ilmenite extend from the main ilmenite mass through the marginal zones into the anorthosite. 2, record 1, English, - stringer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
The ores ... consist of massive stringers and lenses of pyrrhotite-dominated Ni-Cu sulphides ... that are commonly concentrated in depressions at the base of the Footwall Breccia host ... 5, record 1, English, - stringer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Stringer of massive sulphide. 5, record 1, English, - stringer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR
Quartz, sulphide stringer. 5, record 1, English, - stringer
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- traînée parallèle
1, record 1, French, tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- filonnet 2, record 1, French, filonnet
correct, masculine noun
- petit filon 3, record 1, French, petit%20filon
correct, masculine noun
- cordon 4, record 1, French, cordon
masculine noun
- crin 4, record 1, French, crin
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les granites stannigènes [...] peuvent présenter une texture et une structure assez caractéristiques. Ainsi les granites «ultimes» [...] du Cameroun montrent une texture équigranulaire, avec du microcline perthitique à albite en «strings» c'est-à-dire en traînées parallèles [...] 5, record 1, French, - tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La minéralisation [...] consiste en lentilles et filonnets de sulfures de Ni-Cu massifs à prédominance de pyrrhotite [...] qui sont fréquemment concentrés dans des dépressions à la base de l'unité hôte (Brèche du mur) [...] 3, record 1, French, - tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Filonnet de quartz, de sulfures massifs. 3, record 1, French, - tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR
Filonnet sulfuré. 3, record 1, French, - tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 PHR
Cordon de quartz. 6, record 1, French, - tra%C3%AEn%C3%A9e%20parall%C3%A8le
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2006-10-25
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- auriferous vein
1, record 2, English, auriferous%20vein
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- gold-bearing vein 2, record 2, English, gold%2Dbearing%20vein
correct
- gold vein 3, record 2, English, gold%20vein
correct
- vein of gold 4, record 2, English, vein%20of%20gold
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There would appear to be no actual limit to the variety of forms exhibited by auriferous veins of quartz... 5, record 2, English, - auriferous%20vein
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Veins of pure scaly oxide of iron ... are likewise regarded by the native miners as ... indications of the proximity of gold. Some of these auriferous veins attain the breadth of several yards ... 5, record 2, English, - auriferous%20vein
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Gold-bearing quartz vein. 4, record 2, English, - auriferous%20vein
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- filon aurifère
1, record 2, French, filon%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- veine aurifère 2, record 2, French, veine%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Associés à des roches vertes [...], il existe en Australie des filons aurifères. À l'or s'associent du cuivre et du nickel [...] 3, record 2, French, - filon%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] la mine «Morning Star» (Victoria, Australie [...] où des veines aurifères se localisent dans un dyke monzonitique [...] 4, record 2, French, - filon%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Filon de quartz aurifère. 5, record 2, French, - filon%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 PHR
Veine de quartz aurifère. 6, record 2, French, - filon%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Minas de oro y de plata
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- veta aurífera
1, record 2, Spanish, veta%20aur%C3%ADfera
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-10-25
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- auriferous reef
1, record 3, English, auriferous%20reef
correct, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- gold reef 2, record 3, English, gold%20reef
correct, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the auriferous reefs and cements of the Tuapeka district, in New Zealand, are partially of Lower Carboniferous age.... in certain places they form the country in which quartz reefs carrying gold and other minerals have been found. 1, record 3, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
reef: ... a metalliferous mineral deposit, especially gold bearing quartz. 3, record 3, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
reef: term used in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. 4, record 3, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- reef aurifère
1, record 3, French, reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- banc de conglomérats aurifères 2, record 3, French, banc%20de%20conglom%C3%A9rats%20aurif%C3%A8res
correct, masculine noun
- banc conglomératique aurifère 3, record 3, French, banc%20conglom%C3%A9ratique%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
- barre de conglomérat aurifère 4, record 3, French, barre%20de%20conglom%C3%A9rat%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les barres de conglomérat aurifère (les reefs ou récifs ainsi appelés car ils forment de petits reliefs à la surface du sol quand ils affleurent) comprennent, en général, de bas en haut : Le Dominion Reef [...]; le Main Reef [...]; le Bird Reef [...]; le Kimberley Reef [...]; l'Elsburg Reef [...]; le Black Reef [...] 4, record 3, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
[...] bancs de conglomérats aurifères, appelés «Reefs», parce qu'il donnent un petit relief en surface du fait de leur dureté. 2, record 3, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 3 OBS
[...] dans l'ensemble du Rand, les différents bancs conglomératiques [...] présentent chacun des caractères assez différents. Les teneurs en or dans chaque couche aurifère varient en général largement [...] 2, record 3, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2006-05-17
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- silver-bearing vein
1, record 4, English, silver%2Dbearing%20vein
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- silver vein 2, record 4, English, silver%20vein
correct
- argentiferous vein 3, record 4, English, argentiferous%20vein
correct
- silver lode 2, record 4, English, silver%20lode
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mineralogically, gangue minerals can be the dominant constituents as in auriferous quartz veins.... Sulphides are most commonly the important metallic minerals but in the case of tin and uranium oxides are predominant. Here and there, native metals are abundant especially in gold-and silver-bearing veins. 4, record 4, English, - silver%2Dbearing%20vein
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- filon argentifère
1, record 4, French, filon%20argentif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les filons argentifères se localisent dans une zone restreinte où coïncident des conditions chimiques, physiques et structurales favorables, c'est-à-dire seulement lorsque des conditions particulières de température-pression affectent des roches fracturées (tension), riches en sulfures, dans l'auréole des intrusions précoces. 2, record 4, French, - filon%20argentif%C3%A8re
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] filons argentifères : disséminations de minéraux argentifères dans les andésites (parfois porphyres argentifères associés); [...] 2, record 4, French, - filon%20argentif%C3%A8re
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Filon argentifère riche en zinc 3, record 4, French, - filon%20argentif%C3%A8re
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2005-03-07
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Various Metal Ores
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- veinstone
1, record 5, English, veinstone
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The valueless stone that occurs with the valuable minerals in lodes and veins. 2, record 5, English, - veinstone
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
It is probably unnecessary to mention quartz as the most universally auriferous veinstone; but it must not be supposed that all quartz is auriferous, nor that all gold is quartzose. 3, record 5, English, - veinstone
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- gangue
1, record 5, French, gangue
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Partie rocheuse sans valeur qui entoure un minerai. 1, record 5, French, - gangue
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
- Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- ganga
1, record 5, Spanish, ganga
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Cascote. Material sobrante tras extraer de la mina el mineral. Se considera un residuo sólido de desecho. 1, record 5, Spanish, - ganga
Record 6 - internal organization data 2005-01-07
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
- Economic Geology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- auriferous quartz vein
1, record 6, English, auriferous%20quartz%20vein
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- auriferous vein of quartz 2, record 6, English, auriferous%20vein%20of%20quartz
correct
- auriferous quartz lode 2, record 6, English, auriferous%20quartz%20lode
correct
- auriferous quartz ledge 2, record 6, English, auriferous%20quartz%20ledge
correct
- gold-bearing quartz vein 3, record 6, English, gold%2Dbearing%20quartz%20vein
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Auriferous quartz lodes are unlike most other lodes, which are crevices more or less vertical, caused by contraction during drying, or by metamorphism, or by mechanical disturbance of a rock, this crevice having been subsequently filled up. 2, record 6, English, - auriferous%20quartz%20vein
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The band of auriferous quartz veins worked at San Domingo... has been largely mined... 2, record 6, English, - auriferous%20quartz%20vein
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT
There would appear to be no actual limit to the variety of forms exhibited by auriferous veins of quartz and other minerals... 2, record 6, English, - auriferous%20quartz%20vein
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Probable sources of placer gold include gold-bearing quartz veins, felsic intrusions, base metal sulphide deposits, paleoplacers, and other gold-bearing deposits. 2, record 6, English, - auriferous%20quartz%20vein
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
- Géologie économique
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- filon de quartz aurifère
1, record 6, French, filon%20de%20quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- veine de quartz aurifère 2, record 6, French, veine%20de%20quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les gisements d'or appartiennent à deux types principaux : d'abord les filons de quartz aurifère, liés à des plutons granitiques, très répandus dans le monde entier et fréquents surtout dans les schistes métamorphiques et les gneiss. Ensuite les gîtes sédimentaires, où l'or s'accumule en pépites [...] L'or sédimentaire provient des filons de quartz aurifère érodés [...] 3, record 6, French, - filon%20de%20quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les filons de quartz aurifère et les placers s'épuisent, après avoir provoqué des rushes historiques. [...] dans la Sierra Nevada, le célèbre filon du Mother Lode [...] est encore productif à 1 500 m de profondeur! 3, record 6, French, - filon%20de%20quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Dans le district de Porcupine (Ontario) les veines de quartz aurifères se rencontrent dans des coulées de dacite ou d'andésite, dans des conglomérats [...] 2, record 6, French, - filon%20de%20quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2001-04-25
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Geochemistry
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- carbonate host rock
1, record 7, English, carbonate%20host%20rock
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mineralogically, gangue minerals can be the dominant constituents as in auriferous quartz veins. Quartz and calcite are the commonest, with quartz being dominant when the host rocks are silicates and calcite with carbonate host rocks. 1, record 7, English, - carbonate%20host%20rock
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT
... flats ... are horizontal or subhorizontal bodies of ore which commonly branch out from veins and lie in carbonate host rocks beneath an impervious cover ... 1, record 7, English, - carbonate%20host%20rock
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Géochimie
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- roche-support carbonatée
1, record 7, French, roche%2Dsupport%20carbonat%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- roche hôte carbonatée 2, record 7, French, roche%20h%C3%B4te%20carbonat%C3%A9e
proposal, feminine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les gisements de fluorite dans les roches sédimentaires [...] sont définis par trois métallotectes essentiels : roche-support carbonatée; tectonique cassante [...]; karsts. 1, record 7, French, - roche%2Dsupport%20carbonat%C3%A9e
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir les fiches «roche hôte» et «roche carbonatée». 2, record 7, French, - roche%2Dsupport%20carbonat%C3%A9e
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2001-03-27
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Geochemistry
- Metals Mining
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- polymetallic sulphide
1, record 8, English, polymetallic%20sulphide
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- polymetallic sulfide 2, record 8, English, polymetallic%20sulfide
correct
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Guidelines to exploration for placers include : 1. Locating areas of gold-bearing source rocks such as auriferous quartz veins, polymetallic sulphide or porphyry deposits; slightly auriferous quartz stringers and veins in schists and gneisses; slightly auriferous minerals such as pyrite and other sulphide in granitic schists;... 1, record 8, English, - polymetallic%20sulphide
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Géochimie
- Mines métalliques
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- sulfure polymétallique
1, record 8, French, sulfure%20polym%C3%A9tallique
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1999-10-14
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- auriferous quartz
1, record 9, English, auriferous%20quartz
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
- gold-bearing quartz 2, record 9, English, gold%2Dbearing%20quartz
correct
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The orebody of auriferous quartz occupies 0. 01 [cube] km and contains about 3 x 10 [to the power 8] g of gold. 1, record 9, English, - auriferous%20quartz
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- quartz aurifère
1, record 9, French, quartz%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Minas de oro y de plata
Record 9, Main entry term, Spanish
- cuarzo aurífero
1, record 9, Spanish, cuarzo%20aur%C3%ADfero
masculine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 9, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1997-12-09
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
- Gold and Silver Mining
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- auriferous sediment
1, record 10, English, auriferous%20sediment
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... it is difficult to distinguish whether individual minerals are products of isochemical metamorphism of auriferous chemical sediments or metasomatism associated with deformation and formation of the late quartz veins. 1, record 10, English, - auriferous%20sediment
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
- Mines d'or et d'argent
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- sédiment aurifère
1, record 10, French, s%C3%A9diment%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'or du Protérozoïque. [...] Les gisements apparus durant cette période résultent de l'érosion de vieux blocs de croûte anciens qui contenaient des minerais formés précédemment et qui ont été soulevés; les deltas alluvionnaires se chargèrent alors de sédiments aurifères (l'or se concentre dans les rivières parce qu'il est plus dense que les autres minéraux). 2, record 10, French, - s%C3%A9diment%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
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