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GISEMENT SULFURE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geochemistry
CONT

... sea-floor spreading centers are ... sites of precipitation of sulfide deposits of copper, iron, lead and zinc, along with sulfate minerals such as barite.

CONT

... the sulphidic deposits have a timing and fluid source identical to that of mesothermal quartz-carbonate vein deposits ...

OBS

sulphide deposit: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • sulfide-bearing deposit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] pour de grandes étendues inconnues et difficiles d'accès, notamment en pays couvert, la prospection aéroportée permet de détecter des gisements sulfurés; [...]

CONT

[...] des dépôts sulfurés, sensés présenter certains caractères «hydrothermaux» apparaissent loin de tout granite, dans des couches sédimentaires demeurées très souvent tabulaires, mais en général faillées [...] Les plus remarquables d'entre eux sont d'énormes gisements de zinc et plomb dans des strates carbonatées, calcaires ou dolomitiques [...]

CONT

Vanadium sur gîtes sulfurés.

OBS

dépôt sulfuré : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

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