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BANDED DEPOSIT [2 records]

Record 1 1999-04-26

English

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

An ore deposit occupying a group of closely spaced, distinctly parallel fractures or fissures, separated by narrow plates country rock. After metallization, a composite vein or a replacement lode results characterized by a banded structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géologie économique
Key term(s)
  • gisement filonien feuilleté
  • gîte filonien en nappes
  • gisement filonien en nappes

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
OBS

banded : Said of a... deposit having alternating layers of ore that differ in color or texture and that may or may not differ in mineral composition, e. g. banded iron formation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Gisement caractérisé par l'alternance de lits de couleurs différentes.

CONT

Complexes basiques. [...] Ce sont des gisements interstratifiés, rubanés, plus rarement en dykes, dans des complexes à gabbros-norites-anorthosites.

CONT

La formation des dépôts rubanés n'implique pas des venues hydrothermales successives de compositions chimiques différentes.

Spanish

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