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GOLD DISTRICT [10 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-10-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Klondike district
1, record 1, English, Klondike%20district
correct, see observation, Yukon
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Klondike area 2, record 1, English, Klondike%20area
correct, see observation, Yukon
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 3, record 1, English, - Klondike%20district
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The Klondike District near Dawson was the source of more than half the placer gold of Western Canada. 4, record 1, English, - Klondike%20district
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- district du Klondike
1, record 1, French, district%20du%20Klondike
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Yukon
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- district de Klondike 2, record 1, French, district%20de%20Klondike
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Yukon
- région du Klondike 1, record 1, French, r%C3%A9gion%20du%20Klondike
correct, feminine noun, Yukon
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 3, record 1, French, - district%20du%20Klondike
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 3, record 1, French, - district%20du%20Klondike
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Le district de Klondike, près de Dawson, a été la source de la moitié de l'or alluvionnaire de l'Ouest du Canada. 4, record 1, French, - district%20du%20Klondike
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2006-10-25
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geological and Other Scientific Names
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Cariboo district
1, record 2, English, Cariboo%20district
correct, see observation, British Columbia
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- Cariboo region 2, record 2, English, Cariboo%20region
correct, see observation, British Columbia
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context. 3, record 2, English, - Cariboo%20district
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The Cariboo District was at one time the most productive placer gold field in British Columbia. 4, record 2, English, - Cariboo%20district
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- district de Cariboo
1, record 2, French, district%20de%20Cariboo
correct, see observation, masculine noun, British Columbia
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- région de Cariboo 2, record 2, French, r%C3%A9gion%20de%20Cariboo
correct, see observation, feminine noun, British Columbia
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas. 3, record 2, French, - district%20de%20Cariboo
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte. 3, record 2, French, - district%20de%20Cariboo
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Le district de Cariboo était autrefois le champ aurifère le plus productif de la Colombie-Britannique. 4, record 2, French, - district%20de%20Cariboo
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-10-25
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geochemistry
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- chemical transport
1, record 3, English, chemical%20transport
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Not fully understood is the role of chemical transport in the formation of placers and the proportion of gold that it contributes. 2, record 3, English, - chemical%20transport
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Gold enrichment in the lower part of the White Channel gravels of the Klondike district, Yukon, may have resulted from chemical transport related to argillically altered sediment and bedrock... 2, record 3, English, - chemical%20transport
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géochimie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- migration chimique
1, record 3, French, migration%20chimique
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- transport chimique 2, record 3, French, transport%20chimique
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] une certaine aptitude de l'or à la migration chimique semble bien avoir été prouvée dans les placers [...] Bien que limitée, elle semble aussi avoir eu lieu parfois dans les chapeaux oxydés, mais l'enrichissement en or s'explique surtout par le lessivage des éléments plus solubles. 1, record 3, French, - migration%20chimique
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2006-10-25
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Gold and Silver Mining
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- auriferous reef
1, record 4, English, auriferous%20reef
correct, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- gold reef 2, record 4, English, gold%20reef
correct, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, 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 4, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
reef: ... a metalliferous mineral deposit, especially gold bearing quartz. 3, record 4, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
reef: term used in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. 4, record 4, English, - auriferous%20reef
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Mines d'or et d'argent
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- reef aurifère
1, record 4, French, reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- banc de conglomérats aurifères 2, record 4, French, banc%20de%20conglom%C3%A9rats%20aurif%C3%A8res
correct, masculine noun
- banc conglomératique aurifère 3, record 4, French, banc%20conglom%C3%A9ratique%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
- barre de conglomérat aurifère 4, record 4, French, barre%20de%20conglom%C3%A9rat%20aurif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, 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 4, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 4, 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 4, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record number: 4, 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 4, French, - reef%20aurif%C3%A8re
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2006-01-06
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Geological Prospecting
- Metals Mining
- Economic Geology
- Geological Research and Exploration
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- district scale
1, record 5, English, district%20scale
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- scale of a district 2, record 5, English, scale%20of%20a%20district
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At the district scale, two main favourable host rock sequences can be identified: clastic sedimentary sequences and volcanic-dominated sequences. 3, record 5, English, - district%20scale
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
At the district scale, vein gold deposits are in most cases spatially associated with, and distributed along, major fault zones. 3, record 5, English, - district%20scale
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 CONT
... at the scale of a district (e.g., within or along strike from well-defined lithotectonic packages of rocks) ... 2, record 5, English, - district%20scale
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
... tin and tungsten may be zoned relative to base metals at both regional (district) and local (deposit) scales. 2, record 5, English, - district%20scale
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Prospection géologique
- Mines métalliques
- Géologie économique
- Recherches et prospections géologiques
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- échelle du district
1, record 5, French, %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- échelle d'un district 2, record 5, French, %C3%A9chelle%20d%27un%20district
correct, feminine noun
- échelle du district minier 3, record 5, French, %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district%20minier
correct, feminine noun
- échelle du district minéralisé 4, record 5, French, %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district%20min%C3%A9ralis%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
- échelle du district minéral 5, record 5, French, %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district%20min%C3%A9ral
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
En regroupant les divers cas de zonalité à l'échelle régionale, à l'échelle du district minéralisé ou à celle du corps minéralisé, nous pouvons distinguer les principaux groupes suivants : 1. La zonalité liée aux plutons granitoïdes [...]; 2. La zonalité sédimentaire ou paléogéographique [...]; 3. La zonalité par rapport à la zonéographie métamorphique [...] 4. La zonalité supergène [...]; 5. La zonalité des altérations au contact [...]. Cette zonalité se manifeste à diverses échelles : échelle régionale : celle du pluton; échelle du district minier, qui ne représente souvent qu'une partie des auréoles métallifères liées au pluton; échelle du corps minéralisé : zonalité localisée ou «spot zoning» des Anglo-Saxons. 4, record 5, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les gîtes minéraux obéissent souvent à des lois de répartition géométrique, tant à l'échelle du continent qu'à l'échelle de la province ou du district minéral. 5, record 5, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 CONT
La prospection géologique intervient à l'échelle de la mine (par exemple, retrouver un filon au-delà d'une faille), à l'échelle du district (par exemple, limiter une paléocuvette renfermant un niveau minéralisé d'origine sédimentaire), à l'échelle de la province (par exemple, chercher des masses minéralisées le long d'une paléo-ride dans une chaîne plissée ou bien une autre coupole granitique minéralisée dans une région en renfermant déjà). 6, record 5, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 4 CONT
Les observations doivent être faites à toutes les échelles, aussi bien à celle du district qu'à celle de la mine, de l'affleurement, de la roche, de la préparation microscopique. 6, record 5, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une zonalité des métaux peut exister aux échelles tant régionales (district) que locales (gisement) [...] 2, record 5, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20du%20district
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2005-11-19
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Tectonics
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- brittle-ductile deformation
1, record 6, English, brittle%2Dductile%20deformation
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In the Bousquet district, pyritic gold and copper-gold deposits are contained within a zone of intense brittle-ductile deformation known as the Dumagami structural zone... 1, record 6, English, - brittle%2Dductile%20deformation
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Tectonique
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- déformation fragile-ductile
1, record 6, French, d%C3%A9formation%20fragile%2Dductile
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans le district de Bousquet, les amas de pyrite aurifères et les amas à minéralisation de cuivre-or sont encaissés dans une zone d'intense déformation fragile-ductile connue sous le nom de zone structurale de Dumagami [...] 1, record 6, French, - d%C3%A9formation%20fragile%2Dductile
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2004-05-27
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Place Names (outside Canada)
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- Witwatersrand
1, record 7, English, Witwatersrand
correct, Africa
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- Rand 2, record 7, English, Rand
correct, Africa
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The gold mining district, now usually called the Rand, of the Republic of South Africa. 2, record 7, English, - Witwatersrand
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... the Witwatersrand Goldfields, South Africa.... 3, record 7, English, - Witwatersrand
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Toponymes (hors Canada)
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- Witwatersrand
1, record 7, French, Witwatersrand
correct, masculine noun, Africa
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- Rand 2, record 7, French, Rand
correct, masculine noun, Africa
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
le Rand, district minier aurifère d'Afrique du Sud. 3, record 7, French, - Witwatersrand
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les gisements d'or et d'uranium du Witwatersrand. [...] Les placers fossiles anciens [...] sont rarement exploités. L'exemple le plus remarquable en serait le Witwatersrand, ou, par abréviation, le Rand. 2, record 7, French, - Witwatersrand
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les gisements des anciennes rivières - les placers -, tel le Witwatersrand en Afrique du Sud abritent une partie importante des réserves d'or mondiales. 4, record 7, French, - Witwatersrand
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2003-08-12
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Vulcanology and Seismology
- Petrography
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- Archean volcanic-dominated sequence
1, record 8, English, Archean%20volcanic%2Ddominated%20sequence
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- Archaean volcanic-dominated sequence 2, record 8, English, Archaean%20volcanic%2Ddominated%20sequence
correct
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Beardmore-Geraldton district, Ontario, is another example of gold mineralization within an Archean volcanic-dominated sequence. 1, record 8, English, - Archean%20volcanic%2Ddominated%20sequence
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Volcanologie et sismologie
- Pétrographie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- série volcanique archéenne
1, record 8, French, s%C3%A9rie%20volcanique%20arch%C3%A9enne
proposal, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- série archéenne à volcanisme dominant 1, record 8, French, s%C3%A9rie%20arch%C3%A9enne%20%C3%A0%20volcanisme%20dominant
proposal, feminine noun
- série magmatique archéenne 1, record 8, French, s%C3%A9rie%20magmatique%20arch%C3%A9enne
proposal, feminine noun
- lignée magmatique archéenne 1, record 8, French, lign%C3%A9e%20magmatique%20arch%C3%A9enne
proposal, feminine noun
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[...] une série dite archéenne, métamorphique et traversée par des granites [...] 2, record 8, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20volcanique%20arch%C3%A9enne
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Les séries volcaniques. À partir de la composition chimique [...] et de l'environnement géodynamique des émissions de laves, on distingue plusieurs séries magmatiques qui comportent chacune des roches acides, intermédiaires et basiques [...] 3, record 8, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20volcanique%20arch%C3%A9enne
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Cette succession de roches dérivées d'un même magma constitue une série ou lignée magmatique [...] 3, record 8, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20volcanique%20arch%C3%A9enne
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 4 OBS
série archéenne à volcanisme dominant : sur le modèle de provinces plombo-zincifères à volcanisme dominant : Pierre Nicolini, Gîtologie et exploration minière (source NIGEM), 1990, p. 413. 1, record 8, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20volcanique%20arch%C3%A9enne
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1992-07-06
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- clastic sedimentary rock
1, record 9, English, clastic%20sedimentary%20rock
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Val d’Or-Malartic gold district... consists of alternating belts of volcanic and Timiskaming-type clastic sedimentary rocks, adjacent to the extensive clastic sedimentary sequence of the Pontiac Subprovince to the south.... 2, record 9, English, - clastic%20sedimentary%20rock
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The erosion of these [passive continental margins] results in the rapid deposition of thick deposits of clastic sedimentary rocks known as turbidites ... These evaporites and turbidites are ideal environments for the formation of oil and gas deposits... 3, record 9, English, - clastic%20sedimentary%20rock
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- roche sédimentaire clastique
1, record 9, French, roche%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
proposal, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir fiches "roche sédimentaire" et "roche clastique". 1, record 9, French, - roche%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1992-07-02
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- clastic sedimentary sequence 1, record 10, English, clastic%20sedimentary%20sequence
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mesothermal vein gold deposits... are characterized by... lithologic facies [that] range from clastic sedimentary(mainly turbiditic) sequences, to mafic to felsic volcanic piles... At the district scale, two main favourable host rock sequences can be identified : clastic sedimentary sequences and volcanic-dominated sequences. 1, record 10, English, - clastic%20sedimentary%20sequence
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- série sédimentaire clastique
1, record 10, French, s%C3%A9rie%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
proposal, feminine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
- séquence sédimentaire clastique 1, record 10, French, s%C3%A9quence%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
proposal, feminine noun
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir fiche "clastic sequence". 1, record 10, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Voir fiche "lithologic sequence". 1, record 10, French, - s%C3%A9rie%20s%C3%A9dimentaire%20clastique
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
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