Metal deposits

Japanese: 金属鉱床 - きんぞくこうしょう
Metal deposits

...A deposit is a geological phenomenon that results in the accumulation of elements, minerals, and rocks that are useful to mankind. In general, there are two major categories of deposits: metallic deposits, which are formed and concentrated in minerals that are primarily composed of metallic elements, and non-metallic deposits, which are formed in minerals and rocks that contain large amounts of halogens, sulfur, phosphorus, etc. Recently, however, they have also been classified as fuel deposits, which include deposits that contain elements used in nuclear power, such as uranium deposits, in addition to petroleum and coal. There are many other types of deposits, such as rocks used for special building materials and unconsolidated deposits consisting mainly of metal sulfides found in ocean ridges.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "metal deposits" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…地質現象によって,人類に有用な元素,鉱物,岩石などがとくに濃集したところを鉱床という。一般に,金属元素を主要な構成成分とした鉱物が生成・濃集している金属鉱床と,ハロゲンや硫黄,リンなどを多く含む鉱物や岩石が生成している非金属鉱床に二大別されるが,最近では石油,石炭にウラン鉱床のような原子力関係に利用される元素を濃集している鉱床も加えた燃料鉱床という区分けもされている。このほか特殊な建材などに利用される岩石や,大洋の海嶺で発見されている金属硫化物を主体とする未固結の沈殿物など,鉱床とよびうるものは多種多様である。…

※「金属鉱床」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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