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mesothermal

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mesothermal [¦mez·ə¦thər·məl]
(mineralogy)
Of a hydrothermal mineral deposit, formed at great depth at temperatures of 200-300°C.


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1988, High-angle reverse faults, fluid pressure cycling and mesothermal gold-deposits: Geology, v.
Jeff Keener, project geologist, has noted that polymetallic mineralization has been traced for 17 kilometers along the Kiwalik Mineral Trend and that the evidence gathered so far, suggests the possibility of locating porphyry-related epithermal and mesothermal vein deposits, as well as intrusive-hosted gold and molybdenum deposits on the Granite Mountain mining claims.
In some cases, the gold occurrences may be mesothermal in origin (Labbe and Lacoste, in press).
 
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