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Record 1 2006-03-23

English

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

Nickel-copper. These deposits are mainly composed of massive and disseminated ores developed in or near the base of komatiitic and tholeiitic lava flows and sills ...

OBS

As opposed to "disseminated ore".

PHR

Massive ore zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Minéralisations concordantes sur leur enveloppe. - Le minerai est tantôt massif, tantôt disséminé au sein de sa roche-support. Lorsque le minerai est massif il peut occuper la totalité de sa roche-support et apparaître ainsi comme une véritable strate de nature particulière au sein d'une séquence sédimentaire. [...] Le plus souvent, le minerai massif forme des lentilles.

CONT

Jusque vers 1930, seuls les corps minéralisés à forte teneur étaient exploitables; c'est pourquoi les filons, riches en minerai massif, ont été les premiers étudiés.

OBS

Par opposition à «minerai disséminé».

PHR

Zone de minerai massif.

Spanish

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