lodes
Mineral-rich seams
Lodes is the plural of lode, a deposit of ore in rock—a vein of valuable mineral that miners follow: The prospectors discovered rich lodes of silver in the mountains.
Figuratively, a lode is any abundant source: The archive proved a lode of information about the period.
Statement of ownership or truth
- stakingRisking something valuable
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- panningLateral camera traverse
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
nugget · gold rush · survey · map · exploration · discovery · strike · streambed
Vessel toward heart
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- mineralizationConversion to mineral form
- formationCreation or arrangement
- outcropSurfacing native stone
fissure · fault · intrusion · hydrothermal · stratiform · bedrock · strata · metamorphism
Element seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- zincElement thirty
tin · iron · sulfide · galena · pyrite · cassiterite · magnetite · hematite
Narrow vertical passage
- aditHorizontal mine opening
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- stopeUnderground ore excavation
drift · excavation · extraction · drilling · blasting · miner · pickaxe · headlamp
Abundance of valuable resources
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- troveAccumulated valuable collection
bounty · repository · storehouse · source · cache · wellspring · font · mine
claim
Statement of ownership or truth
- stakingRisking something valuable
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- panningLateral camera traverse
placer · nugget · gold rush · survey · map · exploration · discovery · strike · streambed · sampling
vein
Vessel toward heart
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- mineralizationConversion to mineral form
- formationCreation or arrangement
outcrop · fissure · fault · intrusion · hydrothermal · stratiform · bedrock · strata · metamorphism · precipitation
gold
Element seventy-nine
zinc · tin · iron · sulfide · galena · pyrite · cassiterite · magnetite · hematite · native
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
stope · drift · excavation · extraction · drilling · blasting · miner · pickaxe · headlamp · cart
wealth
Abundance of valuable resources
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
trove · bounty · repository · storehouse · source · cache · wellspring · font · mine · reservoir
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- mining historyminers, gold pan, gold mining, pickaxes, silver mining
- Oresiron ore, copper ore, silver ore, tin ore, lead ore
- silver sourcessilver ore, argentite
lodesgangue
Commercially worthless ore rock
country rock · overburden · tailings · voids
- mother lodePrincipal ore deposit
- Comstock LodeFamous Nevada ore deposit