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vacia nf wacke | v. gris greywacke vaciada nf melt | dumping vaciadero nm dump, tailings pile, spoils bank vaciado nf emptying | pouring, casting | [Mex] excavation vaciador nm worker who dumps waste or slag- pots | v. de carros car dumper vaciagris nm greywacke vaciamar nf ebb tide vaciante nf ebb tide vaciar vtr to empty out | to drain | to hollow out | to sluice off | to discharge water, etc. | to dump | to bail out a well | [Mex] to excavate | vpr to flow out vacio,-ia adj empty | nm vacuum, void | vacancy vacisco nm [Almaden, Sp] fines of mercury ore and gangue produced by crushing preparatory to concentration and smelting vacuo nm vacuum vagdn nm ore car | v. carboner coal car | v. tisterna a railcar load of 10 mt petroleum | v. de bascula, de pica, volcador, or de volquete dumping or tipper car | v. de mineral ore car vagonada nf carload vaguada nf lowest part of a valley | watershed, divide | talweg | channel, watercourse vaho nm steam | vapor | fumes vainiforme adj pod-like valangiano,-na adj Valangian valangiense adj Valangian Valencia nf valency, valence valendisiense adj Valendisian valentiano,-na adj Llandoverian valentiense adj Llandoverian valioso,-sa adj precious valmeyerense adj Valmeyeran valor nm value, worth | v. BTU calorific value, BTU value | v. contable book value | v. de la inclination degree of inclination | v. de la rotation amount of rotation | v. extreme extreme value | v. limite limit value valla nf terreplain | embankment valle nm valley | aclinal | v. antecedente antecedent valley | v. anticlinal anticlinal valley | v. colgado hanging valley | v. colgante hanging valley | v. de aluviones bottom land | v. de drenaje water gap | v. de erosion erosional valley V-l | v. defondo valley with well developed flood plain | v. defractura tectonic valley | v. de hundimiento rift valley | v. en artesa trough- shaped valley | v.enu U-shaped valley | v. en V V-shaped valley | v. epigenetico superimposed or antecedent valley | v. glatiar glacial valley | v. longitudinal longitudinal valley | v. maduro mature valley | v. seco strath | v. sinclinal synclinal valley | v. subsecuente subsequent valley | v. sumergido submerged valley, firth | v. tectonico structural valley | v. transversal transverse valley vanadato nm vanadinite | vanadate vanadifero,-ra adj vanadiferous vanadio nm vanadium vanado-magnetita nf coulsonite vapor nm vapor | v. vivo steam vaporar vtr to evaporate vaporizacidn nf evaporation vara nf the old Spanish yard or rod, which varies from 0.8 to 1.1 meters (see section on weights and measures) | stick, rod | v. circular circular rod | v. de agrimensor measuring rod | v. de medir measuring rod | v. de topografia surveyor's rod | v. mdgica divining rod | v. portabrujula Jacob's staff varada nf three months of work in a mine vareo nm measuring in varas vareta nf rod | v. divinatoria divining rod | v. mdgica divining rod variable nf variable | v. aleatoria random variable | v. continua continuous variable | v. de control control variable | v. de ligazon conditional varriable | v. discreta discrete variable | v. endogena endogenous variable | v. exoogena exogenous variable | v. independiente independent variable | v. indicatriz indicator variable | v. latente latent variable | v. normal normally-distributed variable | variables no correladonadas uncorrelated variable. variation nf variation | v. de la aguja compass variation | v. de tenor variation in grade | v. secular secular variation variancia nf variance | v. conditional conditional variance | v. ligada conditional variance varilla nf rod | v. divinatoria divining rod | v. mdgica divining rod variolitico,-ca adj variolitic variometro nm variometer variscico,-ca adj Variscan varisco,-ca adj Variscan
varva nf varve | v. de arcilla glacial varve | v. glaciar glacial varve vaso nm used in the general sense of Vessel' to refer to all sorts of smelting and cupellating vessels and furnaces | [Tepecala, M£x] local variety of a copper refining furnace vauclusiense adj Vauclusian vecino,-na adj contiguous vega nf open plain | oxbow lake | [Col] a small valley | nfpl flood plain veinteno nm twentieth, a tax of one twentieth formerly levied on gold production in Spanish America velaje glaciar nm breaking off of icebergs from glaciers velardenita nf gehlenite velocidad nf velocity | v. de filtration filtration rate | v. de una roca [seis] rock speed, speed of propagation of mechanical waves in rock vena nf vein | bed | seam | streak or stripe of a certain color in a stone | underground channel for water | v. interfoliada interfoliated vein venaje nf quantity of water in a river venera nf spring venerillo nm [Tipuani, Bol] pay gravel in a placer venero nm spring | source | mineralized vein | mineral deposit | bed or seam | [ Arg] hidden or blind mineral deposit | [Bol] placer tin deposit | [Bol, Pe] pay gravel in a placer venida nf overflow of a river venido nm [M£x] talus, debris venilla nf veinlet or stringer | small vein venita nf stringer, veinlet | venite (variety of migmatite) | v. de cuarzo quartz stringer venoso,-sa adj veined ventaja estructural n/[pet] structural advantage ventana nf fenster, window | inlier | v. tectonica structural window ventanilla nf [Pe] natural opening in rock ventisquero nm glacier venturiense adj Venturian venturina nf aventurine quartz verada nf foot path, trail veraneador nm [Col] person who works placers only during dry season veraneo nm [Col] working of placers during dry season verano nm dry season (summer) vetdeadj green | nm green | verdigris | v. V-2 esmeralda emerald green verdemar o^y sea green | nm sea green verdeoscuro,-ra adj dark green verdete nm verdigris verdinegro,-gra adj dark green verdiones nmpl [Ch] green staining indicative of copper mineralization verdoso,-sa adj greenish vergencia nf vergence vermiculado,-da adj vermiculated vemadskita nf antlerite verosimilitud nf likelihood versiliense adj Versilian vertedera nf [Somorrostro, Sp] inclined shoot vertice nf apex | [surv] corner | v. de cierre closing corner | v. de referenda witness corner | v. testigo witness corner vertiente nf slope | aspect | drainage area, watershed, divide | waterfall | spring | [Sp] brook | v. de agua salada brine spring vesicula nf vesicle | gall | v. arcillosa clay gall vestigio nm in assaying or chemical analysis, a trace | vestige vesubiana nf vesuvianite | leucitite | mixture of calcite and hydromagnesite vesubianita nf vesuvianite vesuliano,-na adj Vesulian vesuliense adj Vesulian veta nf vein or lode, generally of lesser importance than a///on | mineralized bed or seam | streak or stripe in a rock | rib of ore in a vein, leader, or pay-streak | v. al sol vein with ore exposed at the surface | v. atravesada cross vein | v. bandeada ribbon or banded vein | v. boba [Ch] large, unmineralized vein | v. caldeadaal respaldo vein 'frozen' or 'welded' to wall rock | v. cateada vein explored by catas or shallow pits or shafts | v. clavada [Col] vertical vein | v. clavera spotty vein | v. corrida continuous vein | v. cortada cross-cutting vein | v. crucera cross vein | v. de cajon inclined vein | v. de carbon coal seam | v. de contacto contact lode | v. de cuarzo cross vein | v. defisura fissure vein | v. de manto bedded or horizontal vein | v. de mineral ore vein | v. de relleno de falla fault vein | v. de resbalon vertical vein | v. de sombra inclined vein (20° to 60°) | v. de segregation exudation or segregated vein | v. de sombra [Col] horizontal vein, manto | v. de tope bunchy or beaded vein | v. debil weak vein | v. desigual en mineral spotty vein | v. dislocadora
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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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| pooling of properties to obtain a
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containing 50 to 60 ounce per ton s
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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 129 and 130: iqueza nf riches | richness | nfpl
Page 131 and 132: saaliense adj Saalian sa'bado nm a
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Page 147: u ubicacion nf location, position,
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Page 155 and 156: yodado,-da adj iodized | containing
Page 157 and 158: caldfera calcium zeolite | z. de Bo
Page 159: side of a vein, (this is, of course
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