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HYPOGENE ORE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Ore deposited from ascending hydrothermal solutions of magmatic origin.

CONT

In supergene sulphide enrichment the minerals of economic interest are carried down into hypogene (primary) ore where they are precipitated with a resultant increase in metal content ...

OBS

As opposed to "supergene ore."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géochimie
CONT

Minerais primaires ou hypogènes (engendrés en profondeur). L'uranium s'y trouve en majeure partie à l'état tétravalent [...]

OBS

Par opposition à «minerai supergène».

Spanish

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