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Record 1 2002-11-20

English

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

Said of a mineral deposit that does not crop out.

OBS

The term is more appropriate for a deposit that terminates below the surface than for one that is simply hidden by unconsolidated superficial debris.

OBS

As opposed to "outcropping" (adjective).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
DEF

En parlant d'un filon, recouvert de matériaux en place, non apparent avant excavation.

CONT

[...] des gisements «aveugles», c'est-à-dire n'affleurant pas.

OBS

«Non affleurant», par opposition à «affleurant».

PHR

Veine superficielle recouverte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas metálicas
  • Geología económica
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