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massif
(redirected from Mountain massif)

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massif
1. a geologically distinct mass of rock or a series of connected masses forming the peaks of a mountain range
2. a topographically high part of the earth's crust that is bounded by faults and may be shifted by tectonic movements

massif [ma′sēf]
(geology)
A massive block of rock within an erogenic belt, generally more rigid than the surrounding rocks, and commonly composed of crystalline basement or younger plutons.


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All of the evidence, including airborne geophysical survey results, rock, silt and soil sampling, PIMA and geological mapping suggest the Nub Mountain Massif hosts potential for intermediate-sulphidation and epithermal to transitional gold bearing systems in proximity to the argillic to advanced argillic alteration zones.
 
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