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GABBRO-DIORITE [1 record]

Record 1 1992-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Metals Mining
CONT

Titaniferous magnetite deposits... are most commonly developed in the gabbroic phases at the margins of gabbro-anorthosite intrusive stocks and in the gabbro-diorite stocks, dykes and sills associated with major gabbro intrusions.

CONT

Large ilmenite and titaniferous magnetite deposits related to anorthosite and gabbroic anorthosite metallogenes ... occur as irregular masses and disseminations in layered or massive anorthositic and gabbroic intrusions.

CONT

Many small to medium sized magnetite deposits occur in gabbroic intrusions but the really big tonnages occur in the stratiform lopoliths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Les gîtes [de magnétite] sont en relation spatiale avec les intrusions gabbroïques [...]

CONT

Dans le Bouclier canadien, le titane [...] est associé aux grandes intrusions anorthositiques et gabbroïques qui vont de l'Archéen [...] à l'Hélikien [...]

Spanish

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