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.
The mother lode is a mining term, referring to the largest lode of ore that has been tapped in a mine. It is used to describe a major windfall because of the large profit associated with finding such a large deposit in one place.
This is false. A lode is not a layer of minerals that has been deposited in a stream. A lode is formed by hot mineral solutions going into the cracks of the rocks.
lode   [lohd] Show IPA noun1.a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.2.any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations.3.a rich supply or source.4.British . a waterway or channel.
Mineral ore is the valuable material that can be extracted and processed for its useful properties, while gangue is the unwanted material that is typically separated from the ore during the extraction process. Gangue does not have any economic value and is usually discarded as waste material. The relationship between mineral ore and gangue is that they are often found together in the same rock or ore deposit, with the goal of separating the valuable ore from the gangue to extract the desired minerals.
Overburden refers to the rock or soil covering a mineral deposit, while ore is the mineral deposit itself that contains valuable minerals or metals. Overburden needs to be removed to access the ore for mining.
Ore is gold or silver as an example, but lode is a vein of an ore that gives a lot of the ore.
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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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.
The mother lode is a mining term, referring to the largest lode of ore that has been tapped in a mine. It is used to describe a major windfall because of the large profit associated with finding such a large deposit in one place.