Ore is gold or silver as an example, but lode is a vein of an ore that gives a lot of the ore.
An ore is a naturally occurring material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted, while a lode is a deposit of ore found in a fissure or crack within a rock formation. Essentially, a lode is a layer or vein of ore within a larger mineral deposit.
As a noun : The lode was a rich vein of precious ore .
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in Geology, a lode is a deposit of metal ore that fills or is deposited in a fissure in a rock formation
large deposit of valuable ore
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The cornstock lode was the first major US discovery of silver ore located in Nevada It produced more than 8 million ounces of gold and about 200 million ounces of silver.
ore that's used to fill layers inside a rock
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It was an important silver ore mining area.You can read about Comstock Lode's history at the link below:
The Mother Lode Quarry...you get them when you mine the gold ore there.