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lode Definition

lode (lōd)

noun

  1. a vein containing important quantities of metallic ore and filling a well-defined fissure in the rock
  2. any flat deposit of valuable ore separated from the adjoining rock by definite boundaries
  3. any abundant or rich source

Etymology: var. of load (ME lode < OE lad) retaining etym. senses “course, way”

lode Synonyms

lode

n.

ore deposit, vein, strike*; see mine 1.

lode Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • ore: In this year a six to eighteen feet wide lode of high grade copper ore was discovered.

Converse of object

  • know: The country is granite, the known lodes in the sett are numerous, running in various directions.
  • work: Back to top^ The mine covered quite a large area and worked many lodes, and the workforce in November 1862 numbered 206.
  • cross: A minor road crosses the lode near the lock.
  • contain: These can be found along much of its entire moorland length originally worked for tin lodes contained in its bed, banks and silts.
  • form: These rocks contained many minerals, which crystallized forming mineral lodes.
  • have: He described the mine as having a lode running east to west for over a quarter of a mile.

Adjective modifier

  • auriferous: The idea is exploded that auriferous lodes necessarily improve in value with depth.
  • rich: Top K Knocker A Cornish mine spirit, which was said to knock at the richest lodes.
  • main: Just past a hopper with a mass of boulders above, I reached the main lode.
  • large: This is a large lead-zinc lode which was worked throughout the area of the mine.
  • other: It is narrower and more shallow than any of the other navigable lodes and was probably only used by small Fen Lighters.

Modifies a noun

  • formation: Much ignorance is displayed on the subject of lode formation and the deposition of metals therein, even by mining men of long experience.
  • material: This is a polished slab cut from a block of lode material from the tip above.

Noun used with modifier

  • mineral: The mine itself consisted of several parallel passages which were at right angles to the mineral lodes.
  • mother: LANGLY: Guys, I think we're sitting on the mother lode here.
  • fissure: In the mining sett ( mining boundary ) there are a multiplicity of fissure lodes.
  • tin: The tin lode varied in width from between one to twenty inches.
  • quartz: First, let it be said, that certain alluvial gold is unquestionably derived from the denudation of quartz lodes.
  • copper: This large cavern was excavated at a particularly rich part of the copper lode.

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