Mesothermal definition

Mesothermal means descriptive of a hydrothermal mineral deposit, formed at great depth at temperatures of 200-300oC.

Examples of Mesothermal in a sentence

  • Mesothermal gold (± silver) deposits are mostly associated with quartz or quartz-carbonate veins, generally surrounded by iron carbonatized wallrocks (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1993).

  • Mesothermal gold deposits generally occur near major faults and more specifically are sited on splays off the major faults.