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lixiviation

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lixiviation /lix·iv·i·a·tion/ (lik-siv″e-a´shun) separation of soluble from insoluble material by use of an appropriate solvent, and drawing off the solution.
lix·iv·i·a·tion (lk-sv-shn)
n.
The removal of the soluble constituents of a substance by the action of a percolating liquid. Also called leaching.

lix·ivi·ate (lk-sv-t) v.

lixiviation.
See leaching.

lixiviation
separation of soluble from insoluble material by use of an appropriate solvent, and drawing off the solution.


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Given the high degree of lixiviation of the outcrops, these values are considered very significant.
The high degree of alteration and lixiviation are such that surface channel sampling results are giving only an indication of the presence of gold.
The secondary zone contains copper sulfide minerals that might be recovered by lixiviation.
 
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