saddle reef

noun

A mineral deposit associated with the crest of an anticlinal fold and following the bedding planes, usually found in vertical succession, especially the gold-bearing quartz veins of Australia.

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Meanings

nounsaddle reef (plural saddle reefs)

plural saddle reefs

  1. chemistryA mineral deposit associated with the crest of an anticlinal fold and following the bedding planes, usually found in vertical succession, especially the gold-bearing quartz veins of Australia.
  2. chemistryAn opening at the crest of a sharp fold in sedimentary rocks, occupied by ore.
  3. AustraliachemistryA saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle).

    Synonyms: saddle, saddle back reef, saddle vein

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle).

Similar
saddlesaddle back reefsaddle vein
Also see
saddlesaddle vein
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