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Record 1 2012-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geology
CONT

... pyrite is the dominant sulphide mineral in deposits hosted by greenschist grade rocks, whereas pyrrhotite dominates in deposits hosted by amphibolite grade rocks.

CONT

The ores are hosted mainly in the Footwall Breccia (considered by some authors to be a facies of the Sublayer).

CONT

The schist-hosted sulphide deposits represent approximately 10 percent of Canada's historical production and reserves ...

OBS

The term "-hosted" [is] intended to indicate only a spatial relationship between rock and ore, although in many instances a genetic relationship is also accepted.

PHR

Mafic/ultramafic-hosted chromite.

Key term(s)
  • hosted

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie
CONT

[...] or inclus dans des sulfures [...]

CONT

[...] l'apatite vanadifère contenue dans les conglomérats triasiques situés au-dessus du filon.

CONT

Filons encaissés surtout dans les gneiss et micaschistes [...]

OBS

Lorsqu'un certain minéral en renferme un autre, c'est le minéral inclus qui est le plus ancien.

OBS

L'expression anglaise «be hosted by» peut également se rendre par le verbe «gîter dans» ou «se localiser dans».

OBS

[...] la minéralisation gîte parfois dans des niveaux a priori peu favorables [...]

OBS

L'adjectif «encaissé» est préféré au Québec.

OBS

Le terme «encaissé» [n'a] pour but que de souligner une relation spatiale entre roches et minerai, mais parfois une relation génétique est également supposée.

PHR

Gîte de chromite dans des roches mafiques et ultramafiques.

Spanish

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