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Article: Manto.(A Word to the Wise)
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- Rocks & Minerals
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- September 1, 2003
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The lexicon of terms used to describe mineral deposits is grounded in simple morphology as well as genetic mechanisms of deposits. A common emplacement style for ore deposits is known as a manto. The origin of the term manto is the Spanish word for blanket or mantle, and so manto and manto-type deposits are terms used to describe flat-lying, pancake-shaped to elongate concentrations of minerals of hydrothermal origin (see fig.). They are grossly parallel to bedding in sedimentary host rocks but are not necessarily strata bound. Classically, manto has been used to describe carbonate-hosted, intrusion-related hydrothermal mineral deposits that typically form as ...
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