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GISEMENT SUBVOLCANIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-04-28

English

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

According to European nomenclature, a mineral deposit of magmatic origin formed at moderate or shallow depth, that is under epicrustal conditions, very often in Tertiary or Quaternary lavas ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Le domaine des gisements volcaniques et subvolcaniques est très exploré, car il comprend de nombreux gîtes. L'histoire géologique de ces gîtes est pourtant très mal connue. En effet, les relations des minéralisations avec le volcanisme sont souvent difficiles à préciser [...], sauf en ce qui concerne les roches basiques [...] et ultrabasiques [...] caractérisées par des minéralisations en Cu, Pt, Cr, Ni, Co, Fe-Ti.

CONT

[...] dépôts subvolcaniques, associés à des corps subvolcaniques, mis en place à faible profondeur [...]

Spanish

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