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Wall rock: The rock adjacent to, enclosing, or including a vein, layer, or dissemination of ore minerals. (Definition from Jackson, J.A., ed., 1997, Glossary of geology [4th ed.]: Alexandria, Va., American Geological Institute, 769 p.)

 

 

 

 

 

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