wall rock


nounMining.
  1. the rock forming the walls of a vein.

Origin of wall rock

1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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British Dictionary definitions for wall rock

wall rock

noun
  1. rock that is immediately adjacent to a mineral vein, fault, or igneous intrusion

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