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conglomerante nm binding material conglomerar vtr to conglomerate | vpr to conglomerate conglomera'tico,-ca adj conglomeratic conglutinado,-da adj conglutinated conglutinarse vpr to coalesce, coagulate, cake congo nm [Col] pebbles or fragments of iron ore found in placers | iron oxide found in veins | sphalerite congosto nm pass | canyon, gorge congruente adj congruent congruo,-rua adj congruent coniaciano,-na adj Coniacian coniaciense nm Coniacian conicidad nf taper | conicity cdnico,-ca adj conical | conic (projection) | nf conic section conificacion nf water coning coniforme adj cone shaped conileno nm conylene conjugado,-da adj conjugate conjuncidn nf conjunction conjunto nm suite | assemblage | c. de estratos sedimentary complex cono nm cone | c. acandilado spatter or drip cone | c. adventicio adventive cone, parasitic cone | c. aluvial alluvial fan | c. compuesto compound cone | c. de agua water coning | c. de cenizas cinder cone | c. de deyeccion alluvial fan | c. de erupcion eruption cone | c. de lava lava cone, shield volcano | c. parasito parasite cone | c. piroclastico pyroclastic cone conodonto nm conodont conoide nm conoid conquilifero,-ra adj [Sp] containing shells consecuente adj consequent consolidacion nf consolidation consolidado,-da adj consolidated consolidar vtr to consolidate, compact | sin c. unconsolidated consolidarse vpr to settle, become compact constante nm constant | c. de gravitacion gravitational constast | constriccion nf constriction consumido nm [Mex] mercury lost in the patio process of amalgamation of silver ores contacto nm contact | c. de transition gradational contact | c. gradual gradational contact | c. neto sharp contact | c. pronunciado sharp contact | c. sedimentario sedimentary contact | c. tectonico tectonic contact C-12 contador nm counter | c. central center counter | c. de altura altimeter | c. geiger geiger counter | c. proporcional proportional counter contaritfr to count contempora'neo,-nea adj contemporaneous contenido nm concentration, grade | content contextura nf structure and texture | c. ofitica ophitic texture continental adj continental continente adj containing | nm continent contingente nm share, quota, allowable | c. de production provisional temporary allowable contornar or contornear vtr to sketch or trace the outline of | to skirt, pass around contorno nm outline, contour | periphery | c. estructural structural contour contracanon nm [Mex] gallery driven into the footwall side of a vein contraccidn nf contraction, shrinking contracielo nm [Mex] raise, upraise | c. de acceso manway raise | c. escalonado stope raise | c. piloto pilot raise | c. ramal branch or cutout raise contraconducto nm counterchute contracorriente nf countercurrent, eddy, reverse current | a c. upstream contraerse vpr to contract, shrink contraflldn nm countervein, counterlode contraflujo nm countercurrent, eddy contramina nf a tunnel connection two mines contrapresidn nf back pressure contrastar vtr to assay coins, gold, silver etc. contraste nm assay contrata nf [Pe] a system of debt servitude in mining in the 19th century which later evolved into a bonifide system of contract labor contrato nm contract | c. de avio credit for working a mine | c. de reembolso bottom hole contract | c. Have en mano turnkey contract contravena nf countervein contraveta nf countervein conveccidn nf convection convergencia nf convergence | c. en ley convergence in distribution or law | c. en probabilidad convergence in probability convergente adj convergent, converging convexidad nf convexity convexo,-xa adj convex convolucidn nf convolution coordenada nf coordinate | c. cartesiana Cartesian coordinate | c. de simetria tinematica
kinematic symmetry cleavage | c. de simetria de pliegue fold symmetry cleavage | c. estructural fabric symmetry cleavage | c. tecto-textural de simetria fabric symmetry cleavage copal nm copalite, mineral resin | c. de congo congo copal copalillo nm [Batopilas, Mex] sphalerite | [Zacatecas, M£x] cerussite copaquira nf copper or nickel sulfate, melanterite copela nf cupel copelacidn nf cupellation copelar vtr to assay by cupellation, cupel copete nm crest copey nm [Ec] bitumen coprogeno,-na adj coprogenic coprolito nm coprolite coque nm coke | c. amorfo amorphous coke | c. de petroleo petroleum coke | c. de retorta gas coke coqueria nf coking plant coquificacidn nf coking coquificar vtr to coke coquizacidn nf coking coquizar vtr to coke coraliano,-na adj Corallian coralico,-ca adj [Vz] coral coraliense adj Corallian coralifero,-ra adj coraliferous coraliforme adj coraliform coraligeno,-na adj coral coralino,-na adj coral ine, coral-red cordado,-da adj ropey cordel nm a measure of length | a measure of area cordillera nf mountain range | c. divisoria divide cordon nm [Arg, Ch] mountain chain | c. de cerros range of hills | c. estratigrafico shoestring sand cori nm [Bol, Pe] gold cori-bronce nm [Potosi, Bol] chalcopyrite corinddnnm corundum cornalina nf cornelian chalcedony cornamusa nf [Pe] earthen retort cornea na nf hornfels cornelina nf cornelian chalcedony cdrneo,-ea adj horny cornerina nf cornelian chalcedony | onyx cornubianita nf hornblende coro-coro nm [Bol] native copper corona nf rim | c. albitica albitic rim C-13 coronacidn nf crest coronamiento nm crest top corral nm a land measure of 5.857 hectares correcion nf correction | c. de bouguer bouguer correction | c. estatica static correction corredero nm [Col] ancient abandoned river bed corredura nf flow, overflow corregir vtr to correct, adjust (instruments) correlacidn nf correlation | c. de los ranges rank correlation | c. ilusoria false correlation | c. lineal linear correlation | c. multiple multiple correlation | c. partial partial correlation | c. serial serial correlation correlograma nm correlogram correntada nf current (of a river, etc.) corrental nm current (of a river, etc.) correr vtr to run or flow, as for rivers, etc. | to run a survey | c. una linea [surv] to run a line | c. niveles [surv] to run levels correspondido nm ratio of mercury consumed to silver produced in the patio process of amalgamation of silver ore corrido,-da adj continuous | lineal, running | nf run, travel | strike of a vein | [surv] a run of levels | [Bol] drift, float | [Ch] coutcrop | nf [Bol] drift which follows the course of a vein corriente adj running, flowing | nf current j stream, flow | course of a river | c. abajo upstream | c. arriba upstream | c. cataclinal cataclinal stream | c. de convecion convection current | c. de densidad density current | c. de remolino [Arg] eddy current | c. de rompiente rip current | c. de turbeidad turbidity current | c. de turbidez turbidity current | c. efluyente effluent stream | c. fluvial stream | c. freatica subsurface flow c. literal longshore current | c. sedimentadora aggrading stream | c. turbia turbidity current corrimiento nm landslide, sliding | overthrust | c. aparente apparent slip | c. horizontal horizontal thrust corromperse vpr to decompose corrosivo,-va adj corrosive corroyente adj corrosive, abrasive corrugacidn nf corrugation | c. intraformacional intraformational corrugation corrugado,-da adj corrugated cortada nm cut or working cortafierro nm cold chisel cortafrio nm cold chisel
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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 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: compresidn nf compression | c. isot
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
Page 77 and 78: horizonte nm bed, layer, stratum |
Page 79 and 80: depth meter indicatriz nf indicatri
Page 81 and 82: isodina nf isomagnetic line isodina
Page 83 and 84: cage jayet nm jet jazido nm layer,
Page 85 and 86: keratospilita nf keratospilite (obs
Page 87 and 88: [Serrata de Lorca, Sp] bed of nativ
Page 89 and 90: litro nm liter lixivacidn nf leachi
Page 91 and 92: llinqui w/[Sandia, Pe] clayey, ster
Page 93 and 94: | pooling of properties to obtain a
Page 95 and 96: 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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