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What does volcanogenic mean?

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  1. (geology) having a volcanic origin
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Some ore deposit types, such as volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, can contain both syngenetic and epigenetic mineralization.
There are poor reservoir properties in some of the Upper Cretaceous volcanogenic rocks and the Paleogene, Miocene and Upper Pliocene formations.
In addition to the volcanogenic sedimentary rocks, there are lenses of limestone, quartzite, shale and sandstone.
The discovery zone of high-grade copper volcanogenic massive sulphide is a strike length of at least 500 metres as indicated by the recent ground survey.
The massive sulphide zones are hosted at the contact between mafic pillow lavas and massive basalt, and have been classified as volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits.
Subordinate units of rhyolitic volcaniclastics with interbedded volcanogenic sandstone and siltstone comprise much of the exposed stratigraphy.

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