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<br />CA:11"I'tilt \'IL-:<TILi1C'PUltl. tiP'Clll: IIIiI,D I~l;l'lhi'1'~.
<br />ralvcirnt •ri•ro-s or ur:roal•r~.
<br /> Kith fr. \r exceptiuus Ilse ore bodies, of \ehntever shape, nre c:nlsull\- c•ognected
<br /> \eith fissures. 1'he n1usl important t\pes .d uurifm'uus ore bodies uceurring in 16r
<br /> district arc:
<br /> (I) T,Ibnlnr in furor and slrictl\• fnllu\cin, siutplr fissures nr ,beefed zones. .1
<br /> subtype rumprisrs lode, in \\'bic6 the sheeted umr Cullu\\s "husall" ur phunulilc
<br /> I l i l;rs.
<br /> (_1 in't~,ulur bodies udjnrrnt to fissures uud furnlyd b\- rrplnrrnlcul ,lad
<br /> 1'rrl'\SItlIh L:1111111 Uf IIIC vulllll l:\' I'UI'I~, 1 1 5 1111 11\' gi'RIIII I'.
<br /> 'I'bcsc lcpcs nrr out ull\uc~.,luu'plc `listinrt, but uuly hr rouner(cd be drpu>ils
<br /> of inlcrnlydiatc rh:uaclrr.
<br /> JL .111 the arc bodies. uF I\hutc\'rr Icpe, rshil>it orrtuin I'umuluu fcnllu'es \\hirh
<br /> ~` ,rrcr lu di5lin_uish Ihn drpl~;ils of Cripple. ('reel; from Ihusr .d IuuriL ol6er wining
<br /> di~lricls. lu the first place, the uulual upeniugs in the ror.ls ncaila blr fur the drpl.,-
<br /> siliou of ore arr., ns n ndr, rruul rl:n blc nurro\c. Iu the second plnrr, Lhc uuunuu of
<br /> nwLrriul curried in the wiuerali•r.ing sulnliuu5 and Jcpu,ilyd ns ~:ul_uc and ore
<br />• mim.r;lls vls ronyulrnlively snudl. iu rnnscqucncc of lhr,r t\\u conditions, the
<br />dlslrir'I llUlltILIIIJ IIU JIICh IIIa~81\'C \"C1118, slllllll\' 11IICII \111II 1111:11'lZ ul' UII1Cr l'rlll
<br /> lltlill`rnl5, n5 nrC Cli-rnCl rrlSl lc of 1 hC bail ,r 11111 CPt!lull nl (',ulurlLlu or the D1ui her l.udc
<br /> reginu iu C:Ilifnrnin. I:cuu Ihr. snwll lissures of f6o ('ripple ('reel: district arc
<br /> sr.ldum cuwpletrly tilled, but puce a clulruclrristiu open ur vu_gy su'ucturr. \Chrrr
<br /> Lhr feu r.Ln rrs nrr uunmwll \' midr, ur \\hrrr. Ihr rurl:d ,ur rxlru5i\rlc shat u•ral. as iu
<br /> I be \IiJgrl. uud nluou+ mim•5, I hr smu11 culnulc ul' acuilnblu Brill ulunrr is purl irnlarlc
<br /> nulirr161r. 'I'hc ,\a.lls of ~uuh frncllu'rs :uul Ihr h',lgulruls ul' I lu• ..haltered rucl: arc
<br /> oflcu ulerrl}' coated \cit6 a Ihiu dr pu~it ..1' yu:ul z, llnuritu, :unl ul her luiurra ls. .1s
<br /> the rich tellurides u'rre usullllc among the wiuerals last In forin, uud ura pnrliculurl\'
<br />' nbundunt un the \,111s of the vu_s, it is prubaLla Ilmt bn,l quartz. Iluuriio. ur other
<br />1 gauguc miucruls been nwrc ubunduuti}• dcpwited. Lhc urns \l uuld llnvc bcen u[ unlch
<br /> low'rr grldr..
<br /> r.our: rls~t;mss.
<br />DISTRIBUTION.
<br />As elements nF geological structure, Lhc Inde fissures of Aripplc Creek me
<br />exceedingly inconspicuous. Thep nre marked urilbor b}' bold uulrrnps of quartz
<br />nor by 5upcrficiul 6nnds of fcrnlgiuous gussllu. Th,n• srldolu fault pcrccptiblt Ilw
<br />structures \chich Ihuy tru\•erse ,lnd Ihey uro not sn(lir.ieully different fruw Ihu was;
<br />of Ihr. rocks, us regards rests L•ulue lu erosiuu, lu lun'c percc pliblr inlhleurrd the
<br />topogrnpbic develupuunt uF Lhc district. It is Ibis ubscurtc Ihut, ,a ulrend}-
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