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LENTICULAR SHOOT [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copper Mining
  • Nickel and Cobalt Mining
CONT

The nickel-copper ores ... typically form lenticular shoots, such as those in the Lynn Lake deposit ... where many of the orebodies are subvertically oriented cigar-shaped zones of mineralization within similarly oriented masses of peridotite, gabbro, and amphibolite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de cuivre
  • Mines de cobalt et de nickel
CONT

Les minerais de nickel-cuivre [...] se présentent typiquement sous forme de colonnes lenticulaires, comme au gisement de Lynn lake [...] où bon nombre des corps minéralisés sont des zones en forme de cigare montrant une attitude subverticale, qui sont encaissées dans des masses de péridotite, de gabbro et d'amphibolite d'orientation semblable.

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