pluton

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A property-wide soil geochemical survey conducted during 2009 identified three gold +/- copper anomalies, which lie primarily in the volcanic rocks flanking the pluton, and a linear silver anomaly within the pluton.

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  1. noun A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma.

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  • In references to Pluto, it is permissible to use the terms “dwarf planet,” “Kuiper Belt object,” “plutoid,” or “The Object Formerly Known as the Ninth Planet.” “Pluton” is not a permissible term because a pluton is also a type of granite and Pluto is not made of granite. —  AnalogSFF,September2007
  • The first drill hole (BN-08-01), designed to test for gold structures at the contact between the Bourlamaque pluton and the volcanic rocks, intersected two gold-bearing quartz-tourmaline veins. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • This hole tested the contact between the Bourlamaque pluton and the volcanic rocks. —  Canadian Mining Journal - Headline News
  • A property-wide soil geochemical survey conducted during 2009 identified three gold +/- copper anomalies, which lie primarily in the volcanic rocks flanking the pluton, and a linear silver anomaly within the pluton. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Anomaly C comprises an 850 by 100 m area typified by moderately to strongly elevated silver values along, and parallel to, a linear feature within the pluton. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
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  1. German, back-formation from plutonisch, plutonic, from Latin Plūtō, Plūtōn-, Pluto; see Pluto.
 

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