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Record 1 2010-09-17

English

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

Ironstones [are] located in favourable structures — anticlinal fold axes or cleavage zones, or reverse shear zones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Structures favorables. Le prospecteur doit être à l'affût d'indices de cisaillement, de fracture ou de faille, parce que, même si de telles structures ne contiennent ni filons, ni autres gisements à l'endroit où on les découvre tout d'abord, il peut s'en trouver ailleurs et tout près.

Spanish

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