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CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An intrusive igneous rock that has an approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars.

CONT

Frequently at the contacts of skarns and intrusions there is a completely gradational contact and this is the case at the Memé copper mine where a large block of Cretaceous limestone has been surrounded by quartz-monzonite.

OBS

quartz monzonite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche acide contenant orthose, plagioclase, quartz, hornblende et biotite.

CONT

[...] la minéralisation de nombreux porphyres cuprifères est liée à la densité de fracturation précoce des roches encaissantes, souvent des monzonites quartzifères.

OBS

Le terme d'«adamellite» peut être considéré comme synonyme de granite monzonitique.

OBS

monzonite quartzique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Chronology
CONT

Frequently at the contact of skarns and intrusions there is a completely gradational contact and this is the case at the Memé copper mine where a large block of Cretaceous limestone has been surrounded by quartz-monzonite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Chronologie
CONT

Parmi les pays européens, seule la Yougoslavie se classe honorablement grâce aux mines de Bor (...) (sulfures au contact du calcaire crétacé et de microdiorites tertiaires).

Spanish

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