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6 bacilarod; fibrous | bacillary bacteria nf bacteria | b. tigmotdctica thigmotactic bacteria bacularo^y rod-shaped ba'culo nm staff | [Mex] transit rod, range pole | b. de Jacob Jacob's staff badana nf bag made from cured sheepskin used to transport mercury bad^nnm gully bagazo nm drilling mud bahia nf bay baja nf fall, drop | b. ley low grade bajada nf descent | bahada (merging of several alluvial fans) | slope | drop | ebb | downgrade | ladderway bajamarnm low tide | ebb bajante nm low water, low tide bajar vintr to descend, sink | to lower | to drop or fall in price | to ebb | vtr to reduce in price | to lessen bajial nm low ground subject to flooding bajio nm bank, shoal | sandbar | lowland bajo,-ja adj low | bajo de ley of low grade bajo nm footwall | shoal or sandbank bajociano,-na adj Bajocian bajocense adj Bajocian bajociense adj Bajocian balaje nm balas ruby (a rose-red var of spinel) balanza nf balance | blind shaft | b. de Jolly Jolly balance | b. de torsion torsion balance balate nm boundary marker, survey marker | border of a trench | terrace balde nm bucket | b. de arrastre dragline bucket | b. de extraction mine bucket | b. de pozo shaft bucket balicero nm [Mex] rodman balsamo nm balsam | b. de Canada Canadian balsam banca nf bench bancada nf stope | bench bancal nm berm, bench, terrace banco nm thick bed or stratum | bank or bar of a river, etc. | bench (in a quarry or mine) | [Mexj horse (barren rock within or that deflects a vein) | b. barrera barrier beach | b. de arena sandbank, sand bar | b. de avios bank which advances funds for the working of mines | b. de coral coral reef | b. de cotafija bench mark | B-l b. de grava gravel bank | b. de hielo ice floe | b. de nivel bench mark | b. de piedra thick bed of stone | b. de rescates bank where silver bullion could be exchanged by miners for coin | b. de no river bank | B. Minero bank, usually state owned, set up to provide credit to small and medium-size mining enterprises | b. platero [Sinaloa, Me"x] argentiferous pyrite bandaleta nf \ en b. loop bandeado,-da adj banded | b. groseramente crudly banded bandeamiento nm banding banquear vtr to level, bench | [Col, Vz] to excavate banqueo nm leveling, benching | bench | [Col, Vz] excavation | b. de prestamo [Vz] borrow pit banqueta nf small bed or bench banquisa nf pack-ice banado nm swamp, marsh bara nf bar (unit of pressure) barcana nf barchan dune barequear vtr [Col] to extract as much of the paydirt in a placer as possible without disturbing the overburden baratina nf barite barchan nm barchan dune bario nm barium barisfera nf barysphere baritina nf barite barjdnnm barchan dune barlovento,-ta adj windward barniz nf varnish | b. del desierto desert varnish barquina nf a type of large furnace barra nf bar, ingot | sandbank, bar | b. aviada limited liability share | b. aviadora share paying assessments | b. de arena sand bar | b. de caliza granular oolitica oolitic grainstone bar | b. de mina hand drill | b. de plata [Me"x] silver ingot of 75 pounds | b. de rio shoal, bar | b. prelitoral longshore bar | b. viuda limited liability share barranca nf steep, jagged canyon, wash | cliff, bluff | gorge, ravine | slope (hill or mountain) | downgrade | [Arg] riverbank | b. abajo downhill | b. defalla fault scarp | b. de folia con erosion faultline scarp barranco nm gorge | fissure | precipice, cliff | landslide scar | [Vz] small round pits, about four feet in diameter, dug to work shallow ores barrancdn nm gorge, canyon barrancoso,-sa adj broken, rough (terrain) barranquero nm placer miner
arranquilla nf [Mex] gully barreal nm clay pit barremiano,-na adj Barremian barremense adj Barremian barren-dense adj Barremian barrena nf drill bit | crow bar | b. asimetrica side hill bit | b. batidora churn drill | b. de arrastre drag bit | b. de cable cable drill | b. de canteadar stone cutter's drill | b. de cateo earth borer | b. de cesto basket bit | b. de chorro jet bit | b. de muelas reamer bit | b. de perforation desuiada directional bit | b. regulable expansion bit | b. tubular core drill | b. sacanucleos core drill | b. sacatestigos core drill barrenarufr to drill barreno nm shot | drill | drill hole | [Col] drilled well barrera nf clay pit | barrier | b. prelitoral longshore bar barrero nm clay deposit | clay pit barretero nm miner employed at the working face barretdn nm heavy crowbar | [Col] miner's pick barrial nm clay pit barril nm barrel | [Fr Guiana] a weight of 100 kilograms barrilla nf [Bol] grains of native copper disseminated in other copper ores | [Bol] copper or tin ore concentrates barro nm clay, loam, mud, earth, silt | marl | [Col] overburden on gold placers | b. de olleros potter's clay | b. gladariaco till | b. refractario [Cu] fire clay barroso,-sa adj muddy, clayey, silty bartoniano,-na adj Bartonian bartoniense adj Bartonian basal adj basal | basement basaltico,-ca adj basaltic basalto nm basalt basamento nm basement base nm base (of crude oil) | b. de erosion base level of erosion b£sico,-ca adj basic | basal basitas nfpl [Arg] basic rocks bastoniforme adj rod-like batea nf wooden gold pan, traditionally 20 inches in diameter and 25 inches deep | b. cortadora polished gold pan 16 inches in diameter and rather less than 2 inches deep | b. lavadora variety of gold pan 16 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep | b. vetadora gold B-2 pan 12 inches in diameter with ears or handles | b. zambullidora an oblong, elliptical gold pan 3 to 4 feet long and 14 to 18 inches wide bataque nm [BC, M£x] deposits formed by spring waters bateria de pisones nf battery of stamps batial adj bathyal batipelagico,-ca adj bathypelagic batir vtr [Col] to work placers by force of water | b. el monte to explore for gold placers, etc. batisfera nf bathysphere batisismo nm bathyseism batolito nm batholith batoniano,-na adj Bathonian batonense adj Bathonian batoniense adj Bathonian bauleao nm [Col] pyrite cubes bayociano,-na adj Bajocian Bayociense nm Bajocian benceno nm benzene beneficiable adj millable, suitable for benefeciation, workable beneficiador nm miller | mill operator | person employed to supervise the patio process of amalgamation of silver ores beneficiar vtr to work or improve a mine | to derive a profit from working a mine | to win metals from ore or concentrate | to smelt, refine beneficio nm working of a mine | profits derived from working a mine | reduction of ores and concentrates, smelting | productive ore | the richest part of a deposit | b. de cazo [M£x] the hot amalgamation process of reducing silver ores | b. de hierro amalgamation with the addition of iron filings | b. de metales concentration of ores | b. de patio the cold, patio process of amalgamation of silver ores | b. de toneles the Freiberg or barrel process of amalgamating silver ores | b. par cianuradon cyanide process of precious metal recovery | b. por cloruradon chlorination process of metal recovery | b. porfuego recovery of metals by direct smelting of ore bencina nf gasoline, benzene bentonico,-ca adj benthic bentonitico,-ca adj bentonitic bentosnm benthos benzol nm benzene berilio nm beryllium berilo nm beryl | b. noble transparent beryl | b.
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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 and 16: or any other steel grey silver mine
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: lue | «. de cobalto cobalt blue |
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
Page 65 and 66: maxima versimilitud maximum-likelih
Page 67 and 68: fabrica nf fabric (petrographic) |
Page 69 and 70: flecha nf deflection flexibilidad n
Page 71 and 72: gabarro nm xenolith | nodular fragm
Page 73 and 74: granalla nf small grains of metal,
Page 75 and 76: H haba nf nodule | nodular (bean-li
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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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