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aledano,-na adj bordering, adjacent alejamiento nm [surv] latitude | alejamientos y desciaciones latitudes and departures alejandrita nf alexandrite (a var of chrysoberyl) alemontita nf allemontite alero nm horizontal bed or layer alevante nm [Mex] overhand stope alfagra n/[Sp] channel | gorge alfaguara nf an abundant spring alfaque nm shoal, bar alferez nm an Indian serving as standard bearer in a fiesta de tabla (his contributions to the church and its officials exempted him from the mita for three years) alfiler de oro nm [Col] acicular gold alga nf algea algaceo,-cea adj algal algaida nf sand dune algino,-na adj algal algomano,-na adj Algoman alg6nquino,-na adj Algonkian | nm Algonkian alkalitraquita nf alkali trachyte alidada nf alidade aligacidn nf alloy | [chem] bond alimonados nmpl sulfides and other salts of silver alindar vtr to mark boundaries alineacion nf lineation | lineament | alignment alinderar vtr [ Arg, Cu] to mark boundaries aljez nm crude or natural gypsum aljezarnm gypsum quarry | gypsum deposit aljibe nm well | pool | [Col] spring aljornm gypsum almacen nm warehouse | reservoir | a. royal Spanish royal storehouse for mercury (the production and distribution of which was a royal monopoly) almadaneta nf rock hammer almaden nm mine | mineral deposit almadena nf rock hammer almagra nf red ocher almagradura nf red ocher coloring almagral nm deposit of red ocher almagre nm red ocher almagrero,-ra adj abundant in red ocher | red ocher bearing almaina nf rock hammer almandina nf almandite, almandine almandino nm almandite, almandine almartaga nf litharge almendra nf an almond-shaped diamond A-8 almendrilla nf fine gravel | fine coal | [Guadalcazar, Mex] almond sized fragments of silicified limestone | [Aguascalientes, Mex] quartz matrix of copper veins almirez nm mortar | a. y mano mortar and pestle almoceda nf [Sp] water rights almohadillado,-da adj pillow, pillow-like almojatre nm sal ammoniac alocroita nf allochroite alocromatico,-ca adj allochromatic a!6ctono,-na adj allochthonous aldfana nf allophane alogeneo,-nea adj allogenous alogeno,-na adj allogene, allogerdc alomado,-da adj undulating alometamorfismo nm static or load metamorphism | dynamic metamorphism | contact metamorphism alometrico,-ca adj allometric alomorfita nf allomorphite aloque adj light red aloqeita nf allochetite (obs) alotigeno,-na adj allothigenic alotipo nm allotype alotriomorfico,-ca adj anhedral alotriomorfb,-fa adj allotriomorphic alotropia nf allotropy alotropico,-ca adj allotropic alpestreod; alpine | mountainous alpino,-na adj alpine alpinotipico,-ca adj alpinotype alquifol nm cubical galena | graphite alquitran nm tar | a. de hulla coal tar | a. mineral bitumen alquitranoso,-sa adj tarry alsbaquita nf alsbachite (obs, granodiorite) alta nf hanging wall | [New Almaden, Calif] layer of clay in the hanging wall of mercury deposits altearse vpr to uplift, elevate alteraci6n nf alteration | weathering | a. acumulativa accumulative weathering | a. atmosferica weathering alterado,-da adj altered altillano nm [Col] plateau altillo nm small hill altimetria nf topographical survey, running levels, altimetry altimetrico,-ca adj altimetric altimetro,-ra adj altimetric | nm altimeter
altiplanicie nf high plateau, tableland altiplanimetrico,-ca adj topographic altiplano nm high plain, altiplano, plateau altitud nf atltitude, elevation alto,-ta adj high, elevated alto nm height, hill | elevation | upper part of a vein, deposit or mine | [Mex] hanging wall | elevated terrain | a. homo blast furnace altozano nm small hill altura nf height or summit | altitude, elevation | level | a. de carga [hyd] head | a. piezometrica hydraulic head alud nf avalanche | a. de cenizas ash flow | a. de fondo groundslide | a. de hielo ice avalanche | a. de roca rockslide alumbrar vtr to strike, to find, to discover | to emerge (ground water) | to treat with alum, aluminate alumbre nm alum | a. de piedra alunite | a. de roca rock alum | a. potdsico potash alum alumbrera nf alum quarry alumbrico,-ca adj alum-bearing alumbroso,-sa adj aluminous alumina nf alumina aluminifero,-ra adj aluminum-bearing aluminio nm aluminum aluminita n/[Ch] an ore of potassium and aluminum sulfates aluminoso,-sa adj aluminous alutacidn nf nuggets of gold found in the weathered surface outcrop of veins or deposits aluvial adj alluvial aluvidn nm flood | alluvium, wash or silt | a. fluvio-glacial glacial outwash | a. metalifero placer | a. soplado [Col] fluvial sediments deposited by strong currents or cataracts aluvional adj alluvial aluvionamiento adj alluviation | silting up | accretion aluvionario nm [Arg] alluvial alveo nm riverbed or channel | source of a river alveolado,-da adj honeycombed alveolo nm cell alza n/[Bol] washing of gold in a lavadero alzaguera nf [Sp] spring, source alzar vtr to hoist, raise, lift amagamiento nm [Col] spring, source amalgama nf amalgam amalgamar vtr to amalgamate amarillento,-ta adj yellowish amarillez nf yellow A-9 amarillo,-lla adj yellow | a. de montana yellow ocher | nm yellow | [Zacatecas, Mex] gossan | a. claro light yellow | a. oscuro dark yellow amarrar las aguas vtr [Col] to protect placer workings from inundation by means of dikes (trinchos) amarrar tonga vtr [Col] to lessen the head (tonga) of water flowing through a sluice amatista nf amythest | a. oriental a violet- colored variety of corundum amazonita nf amazonite ambarnm amber | a negro jet (var of black lignite) ambarino,-na adj amber ambiental adj environmental ambiente nm environment | setting | a. de sedimentation area of sedimentation | a. deposicional depositional environment ambito nm perimeter | area ambligonita nf amblygonite amianta nf amianthus, a fine, silky var of asbestos amianto nm asbestos amigdaloide adj amygdaloidal | nm amygdaloid amigdula nf amugdule amojonar vtr [surv] to set monuments amoladera nf [Bol] sandstone amoladura nf grinding | a. glaciar glacial striae amolinar vtr [Col] to collect spalled ore in underground mines for processing | to collect ore in a ground sluice (canalon) for washing amoniaco nm ammonia amonita nf ammonite amonitico,-ca adj ammonitic amontonar vtr to pile up, make into heaps amorfo,-fa adj amorphous amortizacidn nf pay out, amortization amparar vtr to obtain title to a property | a. en la posesion to keep a property in possession by doing assessment work, etc. amparo nm maintenance of the legal right of ownership by continual use ampelita nf cannel coal | ampelite | a. grdfica lithographic stone amplification nf amplification | magnification amplificador nm amplifier amplio,-lia adj wide, broad ampolla nf blister | pocket (of ore) | a large brachyanticline | a. de lava lava blister ampolloso,-sa adj porous, containing cavities
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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 11 and 12: Sources Consulted Fuentes Consultad
Page 13 and 14: aalenenseadj Aalenian | nm Aalenian
Page 15 and 16: or any other steel grey silver mine
Page 17 and 18: Pattison process for separating sil
Page 19: deepening | shaft dug to establish
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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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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