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abrir vtr to drive or open up a working | a. el terreno to bore | a. una galeria to drift | a. un pozo to sink a shaft or well | a. un surco to dig a trench | a. un tunel to tunnel abrirse vpr to open up, widen (as for a vein) abrojos nmpl reef, hidden rocks abronzado nm tetrahedrite | [Mex] chalcopyrite and other copper ores abrupto,-ta adj terraced, scarp like | steep, sheer, abrupt | rugged, craggy absaroquita nf absarokite abscisa nf abscissa absorbencia nf absorption, absorbency, absorptivity absorbente nm absorbent, absorptive absorber vtr to absorb absorbible adj absorbable absorcion nf absorption | a. atmosferica atmospheric absorption | a. del suelo ground absorption absorsornm absorber absorto,-ta adj absorbed abstraccion nf abstraction abultar vtr to bulk, swell abundamiento nm abundance abundancia nf abundance abundante adj abundant abundar vtr to be plentiful, abound | to be rich in abundoso,-sa adj abundant abysal adj abyssal abysico,-ca adj abyssal acabalgamiento nm thrust, overthrust acadiano,-na adj Acadian | nm Acadian ac£dico,-ca adj Acadian acadiense m Acadian acamado,-da adj horizontal acampanado,-da adj bell shaped acampanar vtr to flare, splay | [Col] to clean a placer down to paydirt acampar vtr to camp | to build a camp acanalado,-da adj grooved | ribbed | fluted | corrugated, troughed acanaladura nf groove, channel acanalamiento nm grooving acanelado nm [Zacatecas, Mex] finely disseminated black, brown and yellow sphalerite mixed with argentine and pyrargyrite-proustite acantilado,-da adj steep, sheer, precipitous | nm cliff, steep slope A-2 acantita nf acanthite acaobado,-da adj mahogany colored acaparrosado,-da adj copper colored acardenillado,-da adj stained by copper carbonate acarmelado,-da adj caramel colored acarmirado,-da adj carmine, crimson acarreadizo,-za adj portable | shifting (sand) acarreo nm tranported material of any kind | transport of ore, supplies, etc. | alluvium | float, drift | supply | a. acutfero conglomerate | a. fluvial silt, alluvium | river drift | a. fluvioglacial fluvioglacial drift | a. hidrdulico sluicing, hydraulicking | a. morrenico moraine | de a. placer acarreos nmpl material carried by a stream, bed load | drift | float | a. de glaciar glacial drift | a. del escurrimiento silt runoff acavernar vtr to take the form of a cavern acceso nm entrance accesorio,-ria adj accessory accidentado,-da adj rough, uneven, hilly, broken accidental adj accidental | accessory accidente nm roughness, uneveness (terrain) | any topographic feature which disrupts the regular form of a terrain | a. del terreno hills and valley | a. longitudinal parallelism of vertical folds | a. topogrdfico hills and valleys accion nf share in a. mine, venture, company or property | capital stock of a. company | a. eolica aeoliation aceite nm any oil of vegetable or mineral origin aceitero,-ra adj of oil, oil aceiton nm thick oil | dregs, oily sediment aceitoso,-sa adj oily aceleracion nf acceleration | a. de gravedad gravitational acceleration acelerador nm accelerogram | a. de reaccion catalyst acelerdgrafo nm accelerograph acelerograma nm accelerogram acelerdmetro nm accelerometer acendrada n/[Pe] white marl used as a refractory acendramiento nm metal refinery acendrar vtr to refine metal acequia nf flume | [Pe] brook acerado nm [Arg] silver sulfide-bearing pyrite ore | [Peras, Mex] massive gold-bearing pyrite in milky quartz | [Guadalcazar, Mex] guadalcazarite | [Mex] stephanite, cerargyrite
or any other steel grey silver mineral | [Potosi, Bol] jamesonite | a. blanco [Potosi, Bol] white jamesonite | a. lejizo [Potosi, Bol] slaty jamesonite | a. zebroso [Potosi, Bol] fibrous jamesonite acerado,-da adj steely, color of steel, steel grey acerar vtr to chill, harden acerdesa nf wad or bog manganese aceria nf steel works or mill acerillo nm [Pe] small, granular crystals of galena (considered to be rich in silver) acero nm steel acetato nm acetate acetico,-ca adj acetic acicularod'; acicular aciculita nf aikinite acidez adj acid ness | nf acidity acidificacidn nf acidification acidificar vtr to acidify | to acidize | vpr to acidify acidimetro nm acidmeter acido,-da adj acidic | nm acid | a acetico acetic acid | a borico boric acid | a carbolico carbolic acid | a clorhidrico hydrochloric acid | afenico carbolic acid | a hidroclorico hydrochloric acid | a hidriodico hydroiodic acid | a lodoso [pet] sludge acid | a muriatico hydrochloric acid | a nitrico nitric acid | a nitrohidroclorico nitric acid | a nitromuridtico nitric acid | a sulfurico sulfuric acid acidula nf mineral water rich in carbonic acid acidular vtr to acidulate | to acidize aciete nm oil | a. bruto crude oil | oil in bulk | a. combustible fuel oil | a. crudo crude oil | a. de alcjuitran tar oil | a. de alumbrado kerosene | a. de azufre sulfuric acid | a. de carbon coal oil, kerosene | a. de esquisto shale oil | a. de horno fuel oil | a. de lampara [Mex] kerosene | a. de taladrar drilling oil | a. de vitriolo sufuric acid | «. lampante [Sp] kerosene | a. mineral petroleum acije nm vitriol, metal sulfate | a. amarillo copiapite | a. blanco goslarite | «. de hierro iron vitriol acis nm volcanic vent | diapiric fold aclinico,-ca adj aclinic aclividad nf acclivity acimut nm azimuth acimutal adj azimuthal acobrado,-da adj copper colored acocadera nf stone cutter's chisel acodalamiento nm shoring, trench bracing A-3 acodalar vtr to shore, brace acodamiento nm break | shoring, trench bracing acodar vtr to shore, brace | [surv] to offset acometer zrfr to branch acomodana nf [Pe] ore deposit aconcharse vpr [Ch] to deposit sediment acondrito nm achondrite acontita nf [Ch] mixture of pyrite and arsenopyrite acopado,-da adj hollowed out, cupped, cup- shaped acopio nm waste heap, tailings dump acordamiento nm concordance of strata acordancia nf conformity, concordance acordanza nf artificial concordance caused by tectonic movements acostado,-da adj recumbent acostar vtr to take a vertical dip acostarse vpr to change dip or direction acotacidn nf boundary marker or monument | elevation marked on a map or plan | [Cu] elevation acotamiento nm setting of boundary markers acotar vtr to delimit, mark the boundaries of | to mark elevations | [surv] to mark out, set monuments acotilla nm sledge hammer acrecencia nf accretion acrecimiento nm accretion acrecidn nf accretion acrepie nm acre-foot acribar vtr to sift, sieve, screen acrisolar vtr to refine, assay or purify metals in a crucible (crisol) acrisolado,-da adj refined, purified in a crucibJu acrobatolitico,-ca adj acrobatholitic acroita nf achroite acromatico,-ca adj achromatic actmico,-ca adj actinic actinic nm actinium actinota nf actinolite actinoto nm actinolite activado,-da adj activated actividad nf [chem] activity Actual nm Holocene acuatico,-ca adj aquatic acueo,-ea adj aqueous dcueoglacial adj glacioaqueous dcueo-igneo,-nea adj hydroplutonic acuicierre nm aquiclude
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Page 3 and 4: adj adv Aig Ariz BC Bol Br Calif CA
Page 5 and 6: manzana (Argentina) manzana (Costa
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Page 9 and 10: Paraguay Peru Santo Domingo Spain U
Page 11 and 12: Sources Consulted Fuentes Consultad
Page 13: aalenenseadj Aalenian | nm Aalenian
Page 17 and 18: Pattison process for separating sil
Page 19 and 20: deepening | shaft dug to establish
Page 21 and 22: altiplanicie nf high plateau, table
Page 23 and 24: anomaly | a. gravimetrica gravity a
Page 25 and 26: aeolian sand | a. esqueleal skeleta
Page 27 and 28: assemblage asociar a vtr to associa
Page 29 and 30: lue | «. de cobalto cobalt blue |
Page 31 and 32: arranquilla nf [Mex] gully barreal
Page 33 and 34: dlido nm meteorite bolo nm [Col] a
Page 35 and 36: cabalgar vtr to overlap | to thrust
Page 37 and 38: calorifico,-ca adj calorific calori
Page 39 and 40: menudo small coal | c. mineral coal
Page 41 and 42: cebo nm [Me"x] smelter charge | [Co
Page 43 and 44: cleavage | c. paralelo bedding clea
Page 45 and 46: compresidn nf compression | c. isot
Page 47 and 48: kinematic symmetry cleavage | c. de
Page 49 and 50: cribado,-da adj cribate, cribiform
Page 51 and 52: intrusive body | c. magmdtico boss,
Page 53 and 54: vein, mine selectively chchipa or c
Page 55 and 56: D dacitico,-ca nf dacitic danense a
Page 57 and 58: descubrir vtr to discover desdoblar
Page 59 and 60: dicroita nf dichroite dicroismo nm
Page 61 and 62: eclimometro nm clinometer econometr
Page 63 and 64: 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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minal adj pertaining to a mine mina
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muestreo nm sampling multicolineali
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N nacarado,-da adj pearly, nacreous
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proustite nddulo nm nodule | [Col]
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oligoceno,-na adj Oligocene | nm Ol
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ortobituminoso,-sa adj orthobitumin
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palingenisis nf palingenesis palino
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pedrero nm stone cutter | [Ch] ston
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petrofa>brico,-ca adj fabric | nm f
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pentlandite | p. magnetica pyrrhoti
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inclinado inclined fold | p. incomp
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posmagm£tico,-ca adh postmagmatic
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pseudobrecha nf pseudobreccia pseud
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quetzalztli nm [Mex] transluscent g
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ayano,-na adj bordering, adjacent r
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emanso nm pool of still water | bac
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iqueza nf riches | richness | nfpl
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saaliense adj Saalian sa'bado nm a
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sedentario,-ria adj sedentary sedif
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silicificar vtr to silicify silicil
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granalla adamantine shot drilling |
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tabaire nm a variety of soft limest
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telogen£tico,-ca adj telogenetic t
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tilloide nm tilloid tina nf [Cerro
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trapiche nm [Ch] crude mill for cru
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u ubicacion nf location, position,
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varva nf varve | v. de arcilla glac
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volcar vtr to invert, overturn | to
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xairo,-ra adj [Col] skew, oblique x
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yodado,-da adj iodized | containing
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caldfera calcium zeolite | z. de Bo
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side of a vein, (this is, of course
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