1778 W. Pryce 91 A Quartz Lode, or Rampant Spar Lode, vulgarly so called.
1859 11 July 2/3 I have examined the mammoth quartz lode, and find it to be very rich.
1982 48 387 The schists weathered down to a hard or sticky clay.., a plastic mass much more difficult to work than the alluvium of quartz lodes.