In geology, a stockwork is a complex system of structurally controlled or randomly oriented veins. Stockworks are common in many ore deposit types and in greisens. They are also referred to as stringer zones. ...
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• (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories. • (n.) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, s...
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1. <chemical> A system of working in ore, etc, when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories. ... 2. <geology> A metalliferous deposit characterised by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common w...
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Stock'work` noun [ German
stockwerk .]
1. (Mining) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
2. (Geol.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass ...
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