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STRINGER LODE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

A shattered zone containing a network of small nonpersistent veins.

CONT

If exposed, the stringer zone will be altered to a "disseminated-zone gossan" formed predominantly of goethite which can be very rich in Au.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
CONT

Un stockwerk est un faisceau de filonnets très minces et anastomosés dans une roche primitive.

CONT

Lorsqu'elle affleure, la zone de minéralisation filonienne est altérée en un «chapeau de fer de zone de minéralisation disséminée» largement constitué de goethite et qui peut être fortement enrichi en Au.

Key term(s)
  • faisceau de veinules

Spanish

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