coluvial, buzamiento, colgarse de la veta, relave
English translation: Colluvial, plunge (dip), tap the vein, tailing
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| 4 +2 | Colluvial, plunge, tailing |
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| 4 | colluvial, hade, rewash |
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| 4 | colluvial, dip, to hang from the vein, tailing |
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colluvial, hade, rewash Explanation: can't find the third one |
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colluvial, dip, to hang from the vein, tailing Explanation: colluvial from colluvia or a loose deposit of rock debris accumulated through the action of gravity at the base of a cliff or slope buzamiento can be inclination but in a mining context it's a 'dip', the downward inclination of a rock stratum or vein in reference to the plane of the horizon veta is vein in a geography context, colgarse de la veta - probably some stratum or rock formation is hanging from the vein relave is tailing, or refuse or dross remaining after ore has been processed |
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peer agreement (net): +2Colluvial, plunge, tailing Explanation: coluvial=colluvial buzamiento=Plunge (Buzamiento de cualquier rasgo linear medido en el plano vertical) Buzamiento= Pitch (Buzamiento de un cuerpo mineral) colgarse de la veta=tap the vein relave=Tailing Glosario de terminos de uso actual para mineria y tecnologia en minas |
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