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VOLCANIC-ASSOCIATED MASSIVE SULPHIDE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

An ore deposit typically comprising a lens of massive sulphide minerals ... formed by volcanic processes normally on the sea-floor.

OBS

VMS deposits are important sources of copper, lead and zinc.

Key term(s)
  • volcanic-associated massive sulfide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

La propriété est située dans un terrain volcanique archéen de rhyolites-andésites (Groupe de Blake River), donc un environnement géologique très propice à la découverte de gisements de cuivre-zinc de type SMV (sulfures massifs volcanogéniques).

Spanish

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