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laccolith
A concordant igneous intrusion with a known or assumed flat floor and a postulated, dikelike feeder commonly thought to be beneath its thickest point. It is generally planoconvex in form and roughly circular in plan, less than 5 miles (8 km) in diameter, and from a few feet to several hundred feet in thickness.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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