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Record 1 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit ...

CONT

Veins are often inclined, and in such cases, as with faults, we can speak of the hanging wall and the footwall.

OBS

[It corresponds] to the foot wall of more steeply dipping deposits.

OBS

footwall: It is called the floor in bedded deposits.

PHR

Floor of a seam.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
DEF

Terrain qui est au-dessous d’une couche ou d’un filon, sur lequel le soutènement du chantier prend appui.

CONT

Les filons recoupent [...] les roches encaissantes. Leurs parois ou épontes sont appelées toit (éponte supérieure) et mur (éponte inférieure).

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «sole» qui s’applique plutôt à la partie inférieure d’une galerie de mine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
DEF

Roca o extracto sobre el cual descansa un filón o yacimiento.

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Record 2 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
DEF

That part of any underground gallery upon which a person walks or upon which a tramway is laid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
DEF

Partie inférieure d’une galerie de mine.

CONT

La forme des galeries est en général celle d’un trapèze à coins arrondis. La partie supérieure est appelée plafond, la partie inférieure la sole, les côtés latéraux les parements.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec "mur" qui s’applique plutôt au terrain qui est au-dessous d’une couche ou d’un filon.

Spanish

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