a method of working in a mine where the ore is found in clusters rather than in veins
2.
a deposit of ore found in irregular formations of veins
Examples of 'stockwork' in a sentence
stockwork
The mineralization was emplaced into stockwork veinlets and fault zones related with neotectonic events.
Selma DEMER 2015, 'Gölbaşı (Isparta) Arsenik Mineralizasyonu ve Yakın Çevresindeki Suların HidrojeokimyasalÖzellikleri', Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisihttp://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/sdufenbed/article/view/1089004872. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The stockwork mineralization developed within a shear zone, and the mineralized fractures were extensional in character.
M. Nironen, J. Csongrádi 1984, 'Characteristics of the Proterozoic porphyry-type Cu occurrence at Tienpää, Halsua,western Finland', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume56/sgs_bt_056_pages_089_097.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They are presented by a series of lode gold stockwork subparallel bedding zones with low average gold content.
R Kh Mansurov 2016, 'GOLD-BEARING MINERALIZED ZONES OF THE YUZHNOE ORE OCCURRENCE AND ITS COMPARISON WITHLODE GOLD DEPOSITS OF YENISEI RIDGE', RUDN Journal of Engineering Researcheshttp://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/15029. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)