metallogenicadj.
/ˌmɛtələ(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdl̩oʊˈdʒɛnɪk/; see also metallo- comb. form. Geology.
1. Of or relating to metallogeny; esp. in metallogenic province n. a crustal region characterized by a particular association of ores or mineral deposits.
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1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 155 Metallogenic provinces and epochs are recognised.
1958 Science 29 Aug. 483/1 The association also plans to prepare a metallogenic map.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 828/2 Among the excellent examples of metallogenic provinces in North America are the gold province on the Canadian Shield [etc.].
1988 Afr. Affairs 87 515 The Soviet programme in Madagascar..has involved..the creation of a metallogenic map.
1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars (new ed.) 265 Cutting into a metallogenic province of great richness, a basalt mass rifted with all kinds of ore intrusions from below.
2. Of a metallic element: occurring in ores or as the native metal, rather than in rocks. rare.
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1920 H. S. Washington in Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 190 782 It may be as well to suggest here, and to use henceforward, two terms... We may call the ‘rock elements’ petrogenic and the ‘ore elements’ metallogenic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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