Definition of Protore

1. an earlier unenriched form of a mineral ore [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protore

protoplastids
protoplasts
protopod
protopodite
protopods
protopope
protopopes
protoporcelain
protoporphyrin
protoporphyrinogen
protoporphyrinogen oxidase
protoporphyrinogens
protoporphyrins
protopunk
protore (current term)
protoreceptor
protoreceptors
protores
protosalt
protosalts
protoscience
protosciences
protoscripture
protosilicate
protosilicates
protosolar
protosome
protosomes
protosomite

Literary usage of Protore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1918)
"The average copper content of the wholly unenriched protore is susceptible only of a rough determination from the data available. ..."

2. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"„_ FIG. 128.—Cross-section of FIG. 129.—Cross-section of iron-ore ing valueless material from a material from an igneous protore. ferruginous sedimentary ..."

3. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"Such ores genetically bear a relation to the igneous rocks like that of the gossan to the sulphide ore: in the lateritic deposits the protore is a basic ..."

4. Contributions to Economic Geology (short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1920 by F. L. Ransome, E. F. Burchard, David White, M R Campbell, H. S. Gale (1921)
"What the primary (hypogene) silver- bearing mineral in the protore is has not yet been determined. The silver in the outcrops of the lodes was oxidized, ..."

5. Environmental Remediation of Uranium Production Facilities by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency (2002)
"protore contains significant amounts of uranium, but below levels justifying its ... protore was often stockpiled on site for possible processing later. ..."

6. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"This "protore" which probably contains 1 per cent. copper or less has been enriched by supergene solution, depositing chalcocite and, in its upper part, ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"The foot wall of the ore in many cases is terminated by a diabase intrusion, and in other cases fades off into protore, that is, material which by the ..."

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