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TRASH ZONE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
CONT

During dissolution of the host carbonate, resulting in formation of the ore-bearing collapse breccias, much insoluble material accumulated at the bottom of the breccia bodies. These trash zone accumulations can range up to a few metres in thickness, consist of poorly sorted grains of a variety of minerals, most of which are dolomite clay, chert, quartz, sulphides, and black, carbonaceous material ...

French

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

Pendant la dissolution des roches hôtes carbonatées, un processus qui donne naissance aux brèches d'effondrement minéralisées, une grande partie des matériaux insolubles s'accumulent à la base des amas bréchiques. Ces accumulations de zone de débris peuvent atteindre quelques mètres d'épaisseur et se composent de grains mal triés de divers minéraux, à savoir essentiellement des argiles dolomitiques, du chert, du quartz, des sulfures et des matériaux noirs carbonés [...]

Spanish

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