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NON ALTERE [3 records]

Record 1 2009-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
CONT

Wall rocks are in places silicified, feldspathized, and mineralized but elsewhere are apparently unaltered ...

CONT

Fresh andesite and dacite ...

OBS

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

PHR

Unaltered rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
CONT

Les roches encaissantes sont par endroits silicifiées, feldspathisées et minéralisées, mais ailleurs elles sont apparemment non altérées [...]

CONT

[...] l'andésite et la dacite non altérées [...]

PHR

Roche non altérée.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Mining Engineering
CONT

The grade of the (gold) ore at the 1000-ft level was 0.59 oz uncut or 0.33 oz cut across a width of 4.2 feet.

CONT

The uncut, undiluted grade of four areas examined in the southeast section.

OBS

cut: To lower an existing grade.

OBS

adulterate: To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or a baser substance ...

OBS

uncut value; unreduced value: Values and widths of reefs as established by sampling. The figures thus obtained are reduced by certain percentages to arrive at the values which are used for the calculation of ore reserves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Génie minier
OBS

adultérer : Altérer la pureté de quelque chose, falsifier, gâter. [Par exemple :] Adultérer des médicaments; adultérer des monnaies (par des alliages qui dépassent le taux légal).

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

... one [wood defect] free from decay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Défaut du bois non aggravé par une pourriture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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