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.
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.
A network of veins often having the appearance of lattice- generally feeders to an overlying orebody.
a mass of intersecting veins
A mineral deposit consisting of a three-dimensional network of planar to irregular vein lets closely enough spaced that the whole mass can be mined.
a 3-dimensional network of veins or veinlets
A large number of small, closely spaced veins, often with multiple orientations, is referred to as a stockwork and sometimes as a stringer zone.
A three-dimensional network of closely spaced planar to irregular veinlets.
A mineral deposit in the form of a branching network of small irregular veins;
Mineral deposit formed of a network of small, irregular veins