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topologia nf topology topometria nf topometry toque nm touchstone torca nf sinkhole | basin, depression | sand pipe/ sand gall torcer vtr to change direction | t. el rumbo to change in strike tordo,-da adj grey torio nm thorium tornasol nm iridescence tornasolado,-da adj iridescent torno nm [Bol] hoist toro nm [Bol] pillar (in a mine) torpedeamiento nm artificial fracturing | t. por vibracion vibrofrac tone nf tower | t. de extracion or de perforation or de sondeo oil derrick, head frame | torre-torre [Pe] towers of hot spring deposits torrejoniense adj Torrejonian torrente nm ravine, stream | freshet torrera nfpl [Rio Tin to, Sp] heaps of ore roasted in situ torridoniense adj Torridonian tortilla nf hardpan tortoniano,-na adj Tortonian tortoniense adj Tortonian tortuosidad nf tortuosity tosca nf hardpan | [Patagonia, Arg] white deposits of caclium carbonate occuring in loess | [Col] bed of volcanoclastic sediment in placers above sepe and pay dirt j [Catorce, Me"x] altered dioritic and porphyritic dikes | [Mex] talc seams | [Guadalccizar, Mex] altered granite porphyry | [Guadalcazar, Me"x] yellow ochre colored lithomarge at contact of granite porphyry with limestone | [PR] soft coral limestone used for masonry, road surfacing and as fertilizer tosco,-ca adj coarse, rough tostacidn nf roasting, calcination tostador nm [Me"x] roasting furnace | worker who operates a roasting furnace tostadura nf roasting, calcination tostar vtr to roast ore tournaisiano,-na adj Tournaisian toumaisiense adj Tournaisian trabajadero nm [Col] vein worked by open pit. trabajar vtr to work a mine or placer trabajo nm working of a mine or placer | nmpl workings | t. a cielo abierto open cutting, open pitting, quarrying | t. (de) banca underhand T-6 sloping | t. de cabeza overhand stoping | t. de cielo overhand stoping | t. de reconocimiento. exploratory workings | t. de rajo con grandines directos overhand stoping j t. de rajo con grandines invertidos underhand stoping | t. del antiguo [Col] working dating back to the time of the Spanish conquistadores \ t. del indio [Col] working dating back to precolumbian times | t. por testeras overhand stoping | t. sistema tolva glory hole | t. transversal cross cut trabanca nf [Ec] mine timber traccidn nf traction traccionita nf tractionite tragante nm sluice trama nf structure, framework tramo nm lot, tract, stretch, plot of land j t. rico. rich ore shoot trampa nf trap, as for hydrocarbons or ore | mercury trap in a gold mill | sluice gate | t. compuesta combination trap | t. diagenetica diagenetic trap | t. estratigrdfica stratigraphic trap | t. estructural structural trap | t. petrolifera hydrocarbon trap tranca n/[Bol] wooden stull (in a mine) trancada nf trench | [Almeria, Sp] inclined gallery with steps tranquilidadita nf tranquillityite transfluencia nf transfluence transformacidn nf transformation | t. anacldstica deformation without shearing | t. de Laplace Laplace transformation trans-formacional adj trans-formational translacidn nf translation transmisidn nf transmission | t. retardada transmission lag transparente adj transparent transporte nm transport | t. eolico aeolian transport | L fluvial fluvial transport | t. glaciar glacial transport transversal nm cross cut tranformacidn nf tranformation | t. adiabatica adiabatic transormation transliicido,-da adj translucent transluciente adj transluscent transmisividad nf transmissivity transopaco,-ca adj transopaque transparencia nf slide, transparency transparente adj transparent | nm transparency transporte nm transportation transuranico,-ca adj transuranic trapezoedro nm trapezohedron
trapiche nm [Ch] crude mill for crushing ore trapichero nm [Ch] operator of a trapiche \ [Potosi, Bol] operator of a trapiche who usually worked stolen ore trapp nm trap, plateau basalt traquiandesita nf trachyandesite traquibasalto nm trachybasalt traquidiscontinuidad nf trachydiscontinuity traquidolerita nf trachydolerite traquiofitico,-ca adj trachyophitic traquita nf trachyte traquitico,-ca adj trachytic traquitoide nm trachytoid tras nm tuff | tufa traslacidn nf translation | t. continental continental drift | de t. translational traslapamiento nm overlap traslucido,-da adj transluscent trasluciente adj transluscent traslucir vintr to be transluscent trasluz nm diffused light | reflected light trasversal adj transverse tratamiento nm treatment | reworking of a well to increase production, 'doctoring' travecaja nf cross cut travertine nm travertine travesia nf traverse | [Col] cross cut traviesa nf cross cut traza nf trace | streak trazado nm tracing | t. de mapamiento mapping | t. de reflexiones reflection picking trazador nm [Mex] underground mine foreman trecho nm passing of ore from one worker to another in baskets tremadociano,-na adj Tremadocian tremadociense adj Tremadocian tremor nm tremor trempealeauense adj Trempealeauan trentoniense adj Trentonian trepano nm drill bit | t. de diamantes diamond drill bit triaquisoctaedro nm trioctahedron triangulacidn nf triangulation trias nm Trias, Triassic. triasico,-ca adj Triassic | nm Triassic Tribunal de Mineria nm mining court established in Peru in 1736 tributario,-ria adj tributary triclmico,-ca adj triclinic tricroismo nm trichroism tridimita nf trydimite T-7 triflita nf triphylite triedro,-ra adj trihedral trigiro nm ternary axis of rotation trilla nf [Mex] heap of ore trimorfismo nm trimorphism trinchar vtr [Col] to build a trincho, to dam trinchera nf trench, ditch | [Me"x] roughly stacked pile of rock or ore | t. de prestamos [PR] borrow pit trincho nm [Col] arrangement of dams, trenches etc. used to divert the flow of a stream for purposes of working a placer trinitiense adj Trinitian triple unidn nf triple junction tripolita nf diatomite triquita nf microlite trisoctaedro nm trioctahedron tritio nm tritium trituracidn nf grinding, crushing triturador,-dora adj crushing, grinding | nf crusher triturar vtr to crush or grind ore trivalente adj trivalent trocar la batea vtr [Col] to pass bateas of gravel from one worker to another by hand troje de metal nf [Huitzuco, Me"x] mercury ore filling open space in gypsum troncar vtr to truncate tronco nm stock | t. de montana peneplain | t. fosil coal pipe | t. petrificado woodrock trozo nm [Chacas, Pe] lump of ore the size of an egg truncacidn nf truncation truncado,-da adj truncate, truncated truncamiento nm truncation, as of strata truncar vtr to truncate trunco nm stock tuberia nf piping, tubing | drill string | t. colectora gathering line | t. de production producing drill string tubo nm tube | t. de explosion diatreme | t. de perforation drill pipe | t. portatestigos core barrel tucanita nf scarbroite tucurababi nm [Matape", Mex] an altered granite tucurubay nm gravel tueste nm roasting of ore tufaceo,-cea adj tufaceous tufisita nf tuffisite tufita nf tuffite tuflava nf tufflava tulio nm thulium
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adj adv Aig Ariz BC Bol Br Calif CA
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manzana (Argentina) manzana (Costa
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or pies. The legua is also sometime
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Paraguay Peru Santo Domingo Spain U
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Sources Consulted Fuentes Consultad
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aalenenseadj Aalenian | nm Aalenian
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or any other steel grey silver mine
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Pattison process for separating sil
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deepening | shaft dug to establish
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altiplanicie nf high plateau, table
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anomaly | a. gravimetrica gravity a
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aeolian sand | a. esqueleal skeleta
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assemblage asociar a vtr to associa
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lue | «. de cobalto cobalt blue |
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arranquilla nf [Mex] gully barreal
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dlido nm meteorite bolo nm [Col] a
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cabalgar vtr to overlap | to thrust
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calorifico,-ca adj calorific calori
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menudo small coal | c. mineral coal
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cebo nm [Me"x] smelter charge | [Co
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cleavage | c. paralelo bedding clea
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compresidn nf compression | c. isot
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kinematic symmetry cleavage | c. de
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cribado,-da adj cribate, cribiform
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intrusive body | c. magmdtico boss,
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vein, mine selectively chchipa or c
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D dacitico,-ca nf dacitic danense a
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descubrir vtr to discover desdoblar
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dicroita nf dichroite dicroismo nm
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eclimometro nm clinometer econometr
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escala nf scale | e. de dureza hard
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maxima versimilitud maximum-likelih
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fabrica nf fabric (petrographic) |
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flecha nf deflection flexibilidad n
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gabarro nm xenolith | nodular fragm
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granalla nf small grains of metal,
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H haba nf nodule | nodular (bean-li
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horizonte nm bed, layer, stratum |
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depth meter indicatriz nf indicatri
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isodina nf isomagnetic line isodina
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cage jayet nm jet jazido nm layer,
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keratospilita nf keratospilite (obs
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[Serrata de Lorca, Sp] bed of nativ
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litro nm liter lixivacidn nf leachi
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llinqui w/[Sandia, Pe] clayey, ster
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Page 105 and 106: oligoceno,-na adj Oligocene | nm Ol
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Page 109 and 110: palingenisis nf palingenesis palino
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Page 119 and 120: posmagm£tico,-ca adh postmagmatic
Page 121 and 122: pseudobrecha nf pseudobreccia pseud
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Page 131 and 132: saaliense adj Saalian sa'bado nm a
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Page 149 and 150: varva nf varve | v. de arcilla glac
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Page 157 and 158: caldfera calcium zeolite | z. de Bo
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