Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Mat A DICTIONARY OF
enclosed in the walls of a deposit, filling, see relleno (4) ; (7) any
deposit, whether stratified or otherwise, regular or irregular, and,
according to the degree of hardness, etc., divided into : (a) masas
flojas, sueltas or movedizas, as sand, peat ; (b) masas blandas, as clay,
coal ; (c) masas quebradizas, as certain argillaceous schists or slates
limestones, sandstones with argillaceous cements ; (p) masas firmes
or duras, as sandstones, and, in general, rocks which contain much
quartz; and (e) masas muy firmes or muy duros, as pure quartz,
chert, porphyry, granite, gneiss, pyrites, etc., comp. classification u.
panino (1) ; (8) Cerro de Pasco, Peru, mech. prep, pulp (0. F. Pfordte),
see harina (2).
MATA, (1) met. matte ;
matera.
"
m. azul, blue metal," see hierro (5) ; (2) see u.
MATACHO, see macho (6).
MATATENA, Mex. small pebble, see guijarro (1).
MATE, adj. unpolished, oro m., unpolished gold ; tempered, slaked,
yeso m., see u. yeso (2).
MATE, see totuma.
MATERA, Ant. Col. bunchy mine, or one in which the gold is found in
abundance in reduced spaces called matas (2) de oro or topes (6), the
adjacent parts being barren (Munoz), syn. mina de tope (6) or de clavos
(2), seebolsa (1).
MATERIA, matter, material ; m. esteril, deads, see desecho (3) ; alluv.
m. overburden, see montera (3).
MATERIAL, material ; m. movil, transp. rolling-stock (Fr. materiel
roulant).
MATOS VIRGENS, Braz. virgin forests, which include the capoes or
" island woods," comp. capoeiras, carrascos, catingas.
MATRfCULA, (1) register, list; libro de m., book of registration;
(2) matriculas, Ant. Col. mech. snap (riveting-tool).
MATRIZ, (1) gangue, matrix, or veinstone, syn. Mex. borra (1), broza
(6), Chile, criadero (7), esteril (1), filon (5), ganga, guija (3), panino (2),
piedra de veta, quijo, roca (5) madre, soroque, tepetate (4), tierra (6),
zafra (1), equiv. Port, ganga, Fr. gangue, roches de filons, Ger. Bergart,
Gangart, Ganggestein, for var. see almendrilla (2), azucar, u. cachi
(2), diamantino, panizo (1) ; (2) nut or female screw, see tuerca ;
(3) mould, see molde (2).
MATURRANGO, see gachupin.
MATUTINAS, morning veins (after Germans), comp. septentrionales,
vespertinas.
MAYORAL, Peru, head overseer or boss, comp. mayordomo (2).
MAYORDOMO, (1) Mex. in the patio process, the chief of the arrieros
or muleteers (Lyon), see u. puntas, comp. capataz (3) ; (2) Peru, foreman
or boss, see capataz (3), comp. mayoral.
en mayoria, in majority (as of shareholders in a
MAYORIA, majority ;
mine).
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