Definition of Gossan. Meaning of Gossan. Synonyms of Gossan

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Definition of Gossan

Gossan
Gossan Gos"san, n. (Geol.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

Meaning of Gossan from wikipedia

- Gossan (eiserner hut or eisenhut) is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral...
- can be identified at various depths. From the surface down they are the gossan cap, leached zone, oxidized zone, water table, enriched zone (supergene...
- underground mining operations: Grasberg Block Cave, Deep Mill Level Zone and Big Gossan. The 2023 production was 680,000 tonnes (1,500,000,000 lb) of copper, 52...
- promotion and enhancement of geotourism. Gossan in Rajpura-Dariba Mineralised belt nearby, consisting of gossan, has been declared the National Geological...
- Eisenhut may refer to: Gossan or iron hat, the oxidized outcrop of sulfide ore deposits Eisenhut (mountain), an Austrian mountain A term for a German kettle...
- the original on 28 June 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2010. "gossandefinition of gossan by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia"....
- quartz Ganister – Hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite Gossan – Intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock Hyaloclastite – Volcaniclastic...
- Proprietary Company Limited was organized. Charles Rasp discovered the gossan or weathered sulfide outcrop of m****ive lead-zinc sulfides on a feature...
- Iodargyrite Iodargyrite on gossan, Broken Hill Ore Deposit, New South Wales, Australia. General Category Halide minerals Formula (repeating unit) AgI IMA...
- Calomel Amber calomel crystals and bright yellow terlinguaite on gossan matrix, 3 mm. across General Category Halide mineral Formula (repeating unit) (Hg2)2+Cl2...