gold ore

collocation in English

meaningsofgoldandore

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gold
noun
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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ore
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɔːr/us
/ɔːr/
rock or soil from which metal can ...
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(Definition ofgoldandorefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most gold diggers quarriedgoldorewith little knowledge of the condition of the soil they worked.
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Organic carbon present ingoldoremay adsorb dissolved gold-cyanide complexes in much the same way as activated carbon.
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On the side of the then unnamed mountain in the fall of 1864 five woodcutters discovered a vein of rich silver andgoldore.
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It is the onlygoldorecrushing mill in the region that retains integrity.
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Discovered and staked in the 1920s, production of about 20,000 tonnes of 0.25 ounce-per-tongoldoreoccurred in the mid-1930s.
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There are nearly 2000 placer gold deposits, 100goldoredeposits, and 48 silver ore deposits in the territory.
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The town's heyday occurred during the period of 1865 to 1868 with the economy built on the prospect of finding substantialgoldore.
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At that time, mercury was important in extracting gold fromgoldore.
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By 1904 it had produced $1,400,000 in silver andgoldore.
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Outdoor exhibits include live burros, a steam shovel, and an operating stamp mill forgoldore.
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She earned a living by staking gold mining claims and running a sawmill and agoldore-crushing plant.
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Goldoredumps are the source of many heavy elements such as cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, arsenic, selenium and mercury.
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After the gold boom decreased, the mining business was gradually diminished because the percentage ofgoldorewas below the average.
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Thegoldorebody consisted of a greisen type granite.
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Narrow quartz veins, found along fractures in the diorite and along bedding planes in the shale, contain most of the high gradegoldore.
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Thegoldorewas of medium quality, with a ratio of gold to ore in the range of 8.5 grams per ton.
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Dvoinoye is an underground mine which produces 1000 tonnes ofgoldoreper day.
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Alternatively, it may have been a sequence of washing tables for the crushedgoldore.
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Eight million dollars worth ofgoldorewas produced in the 8 years of production.
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