Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
veines géologiques exploitées
English translation:
veins being mined
French term
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veines géologiques exploitées
"Constituent notamment des cas de force majeure : les grèves, problèmes sociaux graves, accidents, incendie, explosion, inondation, [etc....]. Les Fournisseurs pourront également invoquer comme cas de force majeure les variations imprévues de la qualité des veines géologiques exploitées"
Could this just simply be translated as "geological veins being used" ?
| 3 +3 | veins being mined |
Michele Fauble
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| 4 | mined deposits |
John Farebrother
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| 3 | veins tapped/exploited |
David Hollywood
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Jun 14, 2014 23:33: writeaway changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Mining & Minerals / Gems" , "Field (write-in)" from "Contract between producer" to "in a contract between producer"
Jun 15, 2014 00:03: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "in a contract between producer" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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veins being mined
The ore, containing gold, silver, lead, iron and sulphur, is mined from steeply dipping veins within a small open pit. The Kearney vein is currently being mined.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-06-15 00:38:03 GMT)
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Or 'quarried', since it is dolomite.
Mudgee Dolomite & Lime
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... at Mt Knowles, Mudgee, where Dolomite was quarried ...
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veins tapped/exploited
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Note added at 13 mins (2014-06-14 23:39:43 GMT)
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vein_(geology)
In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a ... In many gold mines exploited during the gold rushes of the 19th century, vein ...
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mined deposits
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B D Finch
: Not all deposits are veins and the ST specifies that these are veins.
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