mineral deposit

基本解释

Physical exploration, the phase that follows, involves determining the extent, shape, and probable value of the mineral deposit.
随后的物理勘探就是为了测定矿床的范围、形状及概值。
And as soon as the sediments were assimilated by the magma, he says, it might have taken only "several decades to form the mineral deposit."
他还说：“一旦沉积物被岩浆吸收，也许仅仅利用几十年的时间就可以形成镍矿床了。”
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In implementation of sustainable development strategy, the decision of mineral deposit exploitation has been turned from the single object optimization used in the past into the multiple one.
矿床开发的决策问题已由过去的单目标优化转变为多目标综合优化。

Not to mention that Reservoir had balanced its position by putting its fingers in a couple of mineral deposit pies as well.
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