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lode

an ore deposit
Not to be confused with:
load – a burden or cargo
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lode

 (lōd)
n.
1.
a. The metalliferous ore that fills a fissure in a rock formation.
b. A vein of mineral ore deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock. Also called lead1.
2. A rich source or supply: found a lode of important documents in the archives.

[Middle English, way, load, from Old English lād, way; see leit- in Indo-European roots.]
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lode

(ləʊd)
n
1. (Mining & Quarrying) a deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock; vein
2. (Mining & Quarrying) a deposit of metallic ore filling a fissure in the surrounding rock
[Old English lād course. Compare load]
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lode

(loʊd)

n.
1. a veinlike deposit, usu. metalliferous.
2. a rich supply or source.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English lād way, course, carrying, c. Old High German leita procession, Old Norse leith way, route. compare load, lade, lead1]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lode - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rockslode - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
alluviation, deposit, sedimentation - the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
champion lode, mother lode - the main vein of ore in a deposit
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Translations

lode

[ləʊd] Nfilón m, veta f
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lode

nAder f

lode

:
lodestar
nLeitstern m, → Polarstern m; (fig) (= person)Leitbild nt; (= principle)Leitstern m
lodestone
nMagnetit m, → Magneteisenstein m
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References in classic literature ?
He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered.
(and one for discovery,) on this ledge or lode of oyster-shells,
He is middle-aged, has a bad record, and is not in any sense of the word a gentleman, but he has plenty of money--made it first in California oil, then grub-staked a prospector in British Columbia, cheated him out of his share of the big lode he discovered and doubled his own wealth half a dozen times over.
The mineralised zone appears to have a similar strike direction and dip as the lodes delineated in the Young Australian leases, and is aligned with the Mid Lode.
These fluids have precipitated economic jasper lodes through replacement of calcareous stratigraphy in three hard rock primary settings;
An additional 5 RC holes totaling 1125m is designed to look for parallel flat-dipping lodes at depth beneath the main surface lode similar to the nearby multiple stacked lodes within the nearby Wallaby and Jupiter mines.
The Lena deposit consists of a number of gold lodes, with some having significant high-grade potential at depth below the existing resource, as demonstrated by these new assay results.
After discovering the Tribune lode west of the Highway Shear in early 2018, and the Viago high grade lode in July of the same year, BGL has now confirmed the discovery of two new lodes at the Bellevue Gold Project.
JVM Realty Corporation (JVM), a real estate investment and property management firm, has said that it has appointed Ryan Lodes as its vice president of capital markets.
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Administrator Bob Lodes said having physical therapy available right at their offices is going to be a major advantage.