mineral lode

mineral lode. A mineral bed of rock with definite boundaries in a general mass of a mountain; any belt of mineralized rock lying within boundaries that clearly separate it from neighboring rock.

— Also termed lode.

“Typically, a lode is a concentration of valuable mineral with boundaries sufficiently distinct to import such a definite trend, continuity, and apartness to the formation that it can be traced through the enclosing mass of rock.” 1 American Law of Mining § 32.02(2), at 32-7 (2d ed. 1998).

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资深译员筠怡，国际知名法学院民商法专业，专注翻译各种与商业和侵权诉讼有关的法律文件。