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MANTO DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Economic Geology
DEF

A flat-lying, bedded deposit; either a sedimentary bed or a replacement strata-bound orebody.

CONT

The large [uranium] deposits form mantos hundreds of metres long, about a hundred metres wide and a few metres thick. They can be mined by open pit or underground methods ...

CONT

A continuum is recognized that extends from endoskarn and reaction skarn at or near the intrusive contact, through exoskarn to more stratigraphically or structurally controlled manto and chimney deposits ... with increasing distance from the intrusion ...

PHR

High-temperature manto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

Lentille mince et allongée de minerai liée à un seul horizon stratigraphique.

CONT

Deux types de gisements sont associés dans le district : stratiformes (ou «manto»), discordants près des roches ignées tertiaires.

CONT

Les corps minéralisés présentent des formes variées : veines, zones de remplacement plus ou moins régulières dans les calcaires («mantos»).

CONT

À partir de l'intrusion, on observe un continuum dans le type de minéralisation formée, passant d'endoskarns et de skarns de réaction au contact de l'intrusion ou à proximité de celle-ci, à des exoskarns puis à des mantos et des cheminées, dont la formation témoigne d'un contrôle stratigraphique ou structural plus important [...] à mesure qu'on s'éloigne de l'intrusion [...]

PHR

Manto de haute température.

Spanish

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