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SUB-ECONOMIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2006-11-02

English

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

Sub-ore grade occurrences ... have been discovered ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Teneur qui se situe en deça des teneurs économiques d'exploitation.

CONT

Lors de cette dernière campagne de forage, treize autres sondages implantés dans les zones 36 Est et 46 Ouest ont recoupé des roches altérées à teneur sub-économique.

CONT

Des indices à teneur subéconomique ont [...] été découverts [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-19

English

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

Subeconomic resources are those that have been identified but are not recoverable under current economic conditions and technology. In Antarctica, identified fresh water (ice), coal, and iron ore deposits would be classified as subeconomic.

CONT

... near-economic lamproites ...

OBS

Deposits are divided into economic and subeconomic depending on whether it is economically feasible to extract ore from them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Se dit de ressources minérales dont l'exploitation atteint presque le seuil de rentabilité.

CONT

En France, d'importantes concentrations sub-économiques en fluorine [...] sont connues tout autour du Morvan [...]

OBS

par(a)-, du grec para, près de, à côté de, entre dans la composition de nombreux mots avec le sens de [...] «presque» [...]

OBS

sub-, du latin sub, sous, entre dans la composition de nombreux mots pour exprimer [...] l'approximation [...]

Spanish

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