mineral deposit
mineral deposit
A mass of naturally occurring mineral material, e.g. metal ores or nonmetallic mineral, usually of economic value, without regard to mode of origin.
Alternative terms
- UF↸ ore deposit
Broader Terms
More specific terms
- NT8 ↓ deep sea deposit
- NT8 ↓ offshore oil deposit
Related terms
- RT⇆ gitology
- RT⇆ metallogeny
- RT⇆ metasomatism
- RT⇆ migration of element
- RT⇆ mineral deposits genesis
- RT⇆ minerals
- RT⇆ minerogenesis
- RT⇆ mines
- RT⇆ mining geology
- RT⇆ podiform deposit
- Italian giacimenti minerari
- Theme economy
- Theme industry
- Theme soil
- ExactMatch: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5264
