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Definitions of lode in various dictionaries:
noun - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
The metalliferous ore that fills a fissure in a rock formation.
A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock.
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| Mother ___ |
| Bank deposit |
| Locale of riches |
| Treasure-trove |
| Comstock, for one |
| Vein |
| Mining locale |
| Big deposit |
| Bonanza |
| Vein of ore |
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| a vein of metal ore in the earth. |
| a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
| a layer of metal in its natural form as ore in the ground |
| The metalliferous ore that fills a fissure in a rock formation. |
| A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock. Also called lead1. |
| A rich source or supply. |
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| Lode, Madonas, LATVIA |
| Lode, Limbazu, LATVIA |
| Lode, Punjab, PAKISTAN |
| Lode, Cesu, LATVIA |
| Lode, Valmieras, LATVIA |
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In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fissure (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock. * The current meaning (ore vein) dates from the 17th century, being an expansion of an earlier sense of a "channel, watercourse" in late Middle English, which in turn is from the 11th-century meaning of lode as a course, way.The generally accepted hydrothermal model of lode deposition posits that metals dissolved in hydrothermal solutions (hot spring fluids) deposit the gold or other metallic minerals inside the fissures in the pre-existing rocks. Lode deposits are distinguished primarily from placer deposits, where the ore has been eroded out from its original depositional environment and redeposited by sedimentary forces. A third process for ore deposition is as an evaporite. * A stringer lode is one in which the rock is so permeated by small veinlets that rather than mining the veins, the entire |