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HORSE-TAILING [1 record]

Record 1 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
CONT

The Anaconda veins are the major producers in the western third of the mineralized zone and also in the eastern third where they divide into myriads of closely spaced south-easterly trending minor veins. This is called horse-tailing and gives rise to porphyry-type mineralization suitable for mass-mining methods.

Key term(s)
  • horsetailing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Le gisement d'Anaconda près de Butte (Montana) au N.-E. des Rocheuses est constitué par un réseau de filons très complexes avec plusieurs directions principales et de nombreuses diramations en queue de cheval.

OBS

diramation : Bifurcation [...]

Spanish

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