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acuiclusa nf aquaclude acuico,-ca adj aquic acuifera nf aquifer acuifero,-ra adj water-bearing, aquiferous | a. artesiano artesian aquifer acuifuga nf aquifuge acuitardo nm aquitard acumbrado,-da adj in the form of a pinnacle acuminado,-da adj conical acumulacidn nf deposition | accumulation | accretion acumulador de mineral nm large ore deposit acumular vtr to aggrade acumulativo,-va adj cumulative acunamiento nm truncation of strata or deposits by erosion | thinning out of a vein acunarse vpr to truncate acuoso,-sa adj of or pertaining to water, aquose | aqueous, watery acuosoluble adj water soluble acustico,-ca adj acoustic acutangulo,-la adj acute angled achatado,-da adj oblate achatamiento nm levelling by erosion achatar vtr to level by erosion achicamiento nm draining of a mine achicar vtr to dewater a mine or working achiflonado,-da adj [Ch] sloping achique nm dewatering achua nf [Ch] small, earthenware pan used for making tests during the patio process of amalgamating silver ores achura w/[Bol] rich ore adamantino,-na adj adamantine adamelita nf adamellite adamina nf adamite adarme nm half a dram or 1 /16 of a Spanish ounce adelantado,-da adj advanced adelantarufr to advance adelgazamiento nm the thinning out of a bed or vein | a. cjue termina en curia wedging out adelgazar vtr to thin out as for veins, beds, etc. | [Col] to separate gold and concentrates (jaguas) from gravel in order to facilitate final washing adema nm [min] shore, prop ademado nm [min] timbering, bracing, shoring | [Mex] well casing | a, de cajon cribwork ademador nm timberman, shorer ademadora nf ax used in mine timbering A-4 ademar vtr to shore, timber (a mine) ademe nm shore, strut | a. de -prestado temporary timbering ademantino,-na adj diamond-like, adamantine adentro adv inside | mar a. offshore | terra a. inland adherido,-da adj adherant | attached | no a. unattached adiabatico,-ca adj adiabatic adiamantado,-da adj diamond-like, adamantine adicidn nf apposition | addition adicional nm admixture adicionante nm admixture adinola nf desmosite adipita nf chabazite adobe nm clayey, loess-like soil that is plastic when wet but hard when dried and thus suitable for brickmaking adobera nf brickyard or brick works adoguina nf desert pavement adorberia nf brickyard adsorber vtr to adsorb adsorcidn nf adsorbtion adularitizacidn nf adularitization adventicio,-cia adj adventitious adyacente adj adjacent, contiguous aegerina nf acmite aegirina nf acmite aerifero,-ra adj copper-bearing aerdbico,-ca adj aerobic aerolito nm aerolite, stony meteorite aerofotografia nf aerial photography aerofotogra'fico,-ca adj aerial photographic aerofotogrametria nf aerial photogrammetry aerofotogrametrico,-ca adj aerial photogrammetric aerofototopografia nf topography by aerial photography aeromagnetico,-ca adj aeromagnetic aeromagnetria nf aeromagnetics aeropoligonacidn nf aerial traversing aerotopdgrafo nm aerotopograph aerotriangulacidn nf aerotriangulation aerovia de cable nf aerial tramway afallamiento nm [Mex] faulting afanesa nf aphanite, clinoclase afanita nf amphibolite | aphanite afanitico,-ca adj aphanitic afidico,-ca adj aphyric a fin adj adjacent | similar | affine aflnacidn nf refining | a. par cristalizacion
Pattison process for separating silver from lead afinado nm refining afinadura nf refining afinamiento nm refining afinar vtr to refine metals afino nm refining | refinery aflojadero nm [M£x] the soft part of a vein aflojar vtr to loosen, slacken | to remove ore trapped in an ore chute | a. el canalon [Col] to pan or wash material accumulated in a ground sluice (canalon) afloramiento nm outcrop | exposure aflorar en vintr to outcrop or crop out | to spring (ground water) | vtr to sift or sieve afluencia nf runoff, inflow afluente adj inflowing, affluent, tributary | nf tributary afluir vintr to flow in | to be a tributary | to open, lead aflujo nm inflow, runoff, afflux aforamiento nm valuation, appraisal | guaging, measuring aforar vtr to guage, measure capacity or tonnage | to measure or guage a flow of water | to appriase aforo nm guaging, measuring, measurement | appraisal, assessment, valuation | flow of a river | capacity afdtico,-ca adj aphotic afrechera nf [Pe] a finely divided amalgam which results from the use of insufficient mercury afrentar un hilo vtr [Col] to make a perpendicular cut accross a vein to determine its thickness, dip and strike afrolitico,-ca adj aphrolitic afrontonar vtr to muck (ore) Aftonense nm Aftonian, Giinz-Mindel interglacial aga nf red marl agalisico nm plutonic rocks agate nf agate | a. en cinta ribboned agate agente nm agent | a. catalitico catalyst | a. de tierras land man | a. mineralizador mineralizing agent | «. mineralizante minerlizing agent | a. quimico reagent | a. reductor reducing agent aglomeracidn nf agglomeration aglomerado nm agglomerate, conglomerate | a. volcanico agglutinate aglomerante nm matrix aglomerar vtr to agglomerate A-5 aglutinante nm cement aglutinar ufr to agglutinate, cement | to aggregate aglutinizacion nf agglutinization agmatitico,-ca adj agmatitic agojia nf a channel cut to remove water from a mine agolpamiento nm impounding agdnico,-ca adj agonic | nf agonic line agotado,-da adj depleted, exhausted | pinched or thinned out agotamiento nm depletion | drainage agotar vtr to exhaust, deplete | to thin or pinch out | to drain, dewater agotarse vpr to pinch or thin out agradacidn nf aggradation agradar vtr to aggrade agregacion nf aggregation agregado,-da adj aggregated | nm aggregate | admixture | soil | a. coloidal admixture | a, cristalino crystal law group | a. escalonado graded aggregate | a. graduado graded aggregate | a. grueso coarse aggregate | a. paralelo crystal group | a. tal como sale run-of- mine aggregate agrietadura nf crack or fissure agrietamiento nm Assuring, fracturing agrimensor nm surveyor | a. de minus mine surveyor agrimensura nf surveying agrio,-ia adj acid or sour | brittle (ores) | rough (terrain) agrisado,-da adj greyish, grey agrupamiento nm group | a, cristalino crystal law group agua nf water | luster of diamonds and other precious stones | a. abajo downstream | a. actdula mineral water rich in carbonic acid | a. arriba upstream | a. artesiana artesian water | a. avaiable available moisture | a. blanda soft water | a. calcdrea hard water | a. capilar capillary water | a. carbonatada carbonated water | a. congenita connate water | a. connata connate water | a. cruda hard water | a. de achique drained mine water | a. de cal lime water | «. de cantera quarry water | a. de cohesion cohesive water | a. de consolidacion water of compaction | a. de constitution water of constitution | a. de cristalizacion crystallization water | a. de descarga waste water | a. de expulsion compaction water | a. de
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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
Page 7 and 8: or pies. The legua is also sometime
Page 9 and 10: Paraguay Peru Santo Domingo Spain U
Page 11 and 12: Sources Consulted Fuentes Consultad
Page 13 and 14: aalenenseadj Aalenian | nm Aalenian
Page 15: or any other steel grey silver mine
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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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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