Orefield
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Orefield is a noun meaning (mining) land from which ore is mined.
Meaning
(mining) land from which ore is mined.
Example Sentences
The balance is home-produced and is railborne from inland orefields. The home orefields serving South Wales are situated at Banbury and at Irthlingborough, on the ex-L.N.W.R. Northampton-Peterborough branch.
The Midlands Basin orefield in Ireland contains several large zinc-lead(-barium) ore deposits formed from moderate temperature fluids generated by deep crustal circulation of seawater-derived brines during continental rifting ( 15, 16 ).
Word Forms
- orefields
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pennine, orebody, hardrock, reef, leadfield, ironmine.
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