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footwall [′fu̇t‚wȯl] (geology) The mass of rock that lies beneath a fault, an ore body, or a mine working. Also known as heading side; heading wall; lower plate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The real intrigue with the footwall zones is that they tend to be copper-rich and they tend to be stuffed full of platinum group elements (PGEs), so the value per tonne can be quite spectacular," Anderson says. TSX:FNX)(AMEX:FNX) announces that the ongoing drill program, at its 100% owned Levack Property in Sudbury, Ontario, continues to intersect significant widths of high-grade, Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd-Au footwall mineralization and has started to delineate the Levack Footwall Deposit. The ambitious Toronto miner expects to spend $14 million of its $16 million exploration budget within the Sudbury Igneous Complex, with half of that going into last year's hot new find, their highly prospective Levack footwall discovery on the north range. |
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