lode
Miner's underground treasure
A lode is a deposit of ore running through rock, typically following a vein or fissure: The miners struck a rich lode of silver.
The word appears most often figuratively for any abundant source: a lode of information, a rich lode of material for his next novel.
The related lodestar and lodestone use an older sense meaning "way" or "course."
Ore excavation site
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- aditHorizontal mine opening
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- stopeUnderground ore excavation
crosscut · drift · level · excavate · extraction · smelting · milling · assay
Vessel toward heart
- seamJoined fabric edge
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- bonanzaSudden large windfall
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
mineralization · hydrothermal · sulfide · oxide · enrichment · supergene · disseminated · massive
Valued wealth or keepsake
- sourcePoint of origin
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- storehouseBuilding for stored goods
wellspring · font · trove · cache · bonanza · motherlode · abundance · riches
mine
Ore excavation site
stope · crosscut · drift · level · excavate · extraction · smelting · milling · assay · prospect
vein
Vessel toward heart
placer · mineralization · hydrothermal · sulfide · oxide · enrichment · supergene · disseminated · massive · tabular
treasure
Valued wealth or keepsake
- sourcePoint of origin
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- repositoryPlace for storing things
storehouse · wellspring · font · trove · cache · bonanza · motherlode · abundance · riches · goldmine
ore
Metal-bearing rock
copper · lead · zinc · nickel · galena · pyrite · magnetite · hematite · cassiterite · wolframite
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- assayCompositional evaluation procedure
panning · sluice · outcrop · indicator · trace · sample · survey · exploration · discovery · locate
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- geological formationsmineral deposit, ore deposit, coal deposit, oil deposit, gold deposit
- gold mininggold pan, pan, panning, nuggets, gold nugget
- gold sourcesgold mine, ore deposit, vein, nugget, seam
- mineral depositslimestone, chalk, salt, gypsum, calcite
- mining termsgold veins, silver veins, open pit mining, underground mining, drilling
lodecountry rock
Rural-electric musical fusion
gangue · overburden · tailings
- mother lodePrincipal ore deposit
- Comstock LodeFamous Nevada ore deposit