Definitions for "MINERAL DEPOSIT"
A mineral occurrence of sufficient size and grade that it might, under favorable circumstances, be considered to have economic potential.
Mineralized mass that may be economically valuable, but whose characteristics require more detailed information. An ore body being mined may be called a deposit.
(4) a naturally occuring mass of economically valuable metallic or non-metallic minerals that are not necessarily economically recoverable. See also ore.
a volume of rock enriched in one or more materials
Accumulation of naturally occurring minerals. | | | | | | | | | | N | O | | | | | | | X | Y | Z