ore deposit

collocation in English

meaningsoforeanddeposit

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ore
noun[C or U]
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/ɔːr/us
/ɔːr/
rock or soil from which metal can ...
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deposit
noun
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/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/us
/dɪˈpɑː.zɪt/
a substance or layer that is left, usually after a liquid ...
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(Definition oforeanddepositfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It represents a superb opportunity to examine this class oforedeposit, and has been intensively studied.
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Theoredepositcontains 4.1 million metric tons of rock containing 3.6 percent nickel and 2.9 percent copper.
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Climax is known for its large molybdenumoredeposit.
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The method allowed economical extraction of the large low-gradeoredeposit.
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Reddappa burns down a village so that the people leave, because under it is a large ironoredeposit, which he wants to mine.
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Argillic grades into phyllic alteration at higher temperatures in anoredeposithydrothermal system.
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The proposal to mine theoredeposit, using large-scale operations and infrastructure, is controversial.
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The process initially involves drilling of holes into theoredeposit.
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From this work a long and wideoredepositwas discovered, which assayed of gold per ton and of silver per ton.
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This estimation is used to conduct a pre-feasibility study to determine the theoretical economics of theoredeposit.
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The discovery site was a mine dump of a hydrothermaloredepositwhere it occurs with cesbronite and quartz.
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Mining geologists and engineers work to develop an identifiedoredepositto economically extract the ore.
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Recent explorations point to the presence of the world's largest unexploited ironoredeposit.
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He is particularly concerned with the hydrogeology of sedimentary basins, and withoredepositformation.
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Stockworks are common in manyoredeposittypes and in greisens.
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Theoredepositwas discovered in 1793, but mining did not start until 1809.
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Anoredepositis one occurrence of a particular ore type.
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Pb are measured through mass spectrometry and widely employed to express the character of certainoredeposit.
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That same year theoredepositbegan to run out.
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When the ore forms a blanketlike body along the bedding plane of the rock, it is commonly called a mantooredeposit.
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