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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to or exhibiting a moderate temperature or quantity of heat.

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Examples

  • Natural stream fish assemblages in Ecoregion 12 are typically a mix of mesothermal minnows and suckers but some stenothermal salmonids and sculpins are also present.

    Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA) 2008

  • The timing of quartz veining and the gold-mineralizing event is unclear, at least in the sense that the many mining companies that looked for gold there (in the 1970's to 1980's in particular) all seemed to use different deposit models, from Carlin-type to exhalite-type to some variation of Mesquite-type, and even, possibly, to some variation of Mother-Lode-type (mesothermal veins).

    Hmmm... Silver Fox 2008

  • The Predilecta property covers 3,181 hectares and contains a number of high grade mesothermal gold-bearing quartz veins hosted in shears within a Precambrian gneiss complex.

    unknown title 2011

  • The Huicicila Project consists of five gold and silver claims totaling more than 1012 Hectares and was shown in Focus Gold's recently released NI-43-101 Technical Report to be a mesothermal vein system with sample assays showing high gold and silver values in multiple veins.

    unknown title 2011

  • It outlines the locations of the 2011 drill platforms in relation to the parallel mesothermal veins which make up the Herbert Glacier project.

    unknown title 2011

  • The Predilecta property contains a number of high grade gold bearing mesothermal quartz veins, hosted in shears within a Precambrian gneiss complex.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • The Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Campanario; an untested mesothermal gold-silver prospect located within the prolific belt containing the Alto Chicama/Lagunas Norte, Santa Rosa, and La Arena

    WN.com - Articles related to Golden Predator, Strategic Metals and Rockhaven Resources Agree to Contribute Major Silver Assets to New ... 2010

  • Several smaller, historic, past-producing mines exist in this area that produced gold and silver with lead and zinc mineralization and appear to be a mesothermal mineralized system like the San Antonio mineral deposits.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Greenstone belts of Western Australia, Proterozoic gold and base metal systems in Zambia, porphyry gold-copper deposits in the Romanian Carpathians and Ordovician orogenic mesothermal gold mineralisation in New Zealand's South Island.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The Company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Campanario; an untested mesothermal gold-silver prospect located within the prolific belt containing the Alto Chicama/Lagunas Norte, Santa Rosa, and La Arena

    WN.com - Articles related to Demi Lovato Says Boyfriend Joe Jonas Doesn't Share Her Love For Heavy Metal 2010

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