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HYPOGENE PRIMARY ORE [1 record]

Record 1 1993-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geochemistry
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 ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géochimie
CONT

Les solutions froides diluées descendent. En dessous de la zone de lessivage [...], elles peuvent [...] donner naissance à des minerais oxydés. Au-dessous de la surface phréatique elles réagissent sur les sulfures primaires «hypogènes» et précipitent des sulfures secondaires, «supergènes». Cette zone de cémentation est fréquemment très enrichie par rapport à la zone d'oxydation et au minerai primaire hypogène.

Spanish

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