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1. Introduction. Narrow vein orebodies are common sources of precious minerals such as gold. Suorineni 1 discussed the definition of a narrowvein and the characteristics of narrowvein ore deposits that are summarized here. Dominy et al 2 observed that geologically, a vein is defined as a fault or fracture infilled with mineral material and generally associated with tensional, shear and/or