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Record 1 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Said of a mineral deposit formed contemporaneously with, and by essentially the same processes as, the enclosing rocks.

CONT

Podiform chromite deposits that occur in the mantle tectonite are younger than their host harzburgite whereas those in the cumulate sequence are presumably syngenetic with their host rocks.

OBS

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

PHR

Syngenetic deposit, deposition, mineralization, model, process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

[S'applique aux] minéraux métallifères [...] formés en même temps et dans des conditions analogues à ceux de la «roche support» [...]

CONT

Les gîtes podiformes de chromite qui sont situés dans les tectonites mantelliques sont plus récents que les harzburgites hôtes, alors que ceux qui se rencontrent dans les séquences à cumulats sont vraisemblablement contemporains de leurs roches hôtes (minéralisation syngénétique).

OBS

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

PHR

Concentration, gisement syngénétique.

PHR

Dépôt, gîte, minéralisation, modèle, processus syngénétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas metálicas
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