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<br />lineations utI/or planer EeaCores Cleat extended over disl:ances greater than
<br />20 EeeC. OLservaCions ^eie also ~,ta~l+~ n: flee road cuCS Ln the saita, Lair .to
<br />-euipt •+as made to recnr~l the .lata because Cite c~~CS ••ere coasidere~l to La
<br />out side the area uP concern.
<br />The major stuctnres •+ere ensi.ly ideuti.Eicd and are pra.tinent Co f.lte
<br />extent that mosC of Clte sCr~icC~+re can Le i.Jentifietl .in L'lie pltoto:~,raplis is
<br />Eipures 2 CLtray;h 10. l'ur exai.~p le, f. i..,~~re 2 clearly sho••s C(te nortL-sn.iLL
<br />s Cruc tore Chat dips ahouC '~5-de~•rees to fire east, EiLnre 4 sho•+s the aurrh-
<br />sontlt structure that' dips to the •~•ese aC '+5-degrees and fii;vre 7 sl~n•~, Clte
<br />+•avy Foliation to Clue north of the fa~ilc. Outer structures are also i,lenLi-
<br />fyahle but are not pointed onC u•,i.n;; I:o re~hntdanc••. All nE the m2.jnr str•tcC-
<br />i~re fell into ti systeias, tamely, N-S strike ;5-degrees fs; N-S strike ~-
<br />de~rees fd; N-S strike 20-degrees fJ; E-Td strike 75-degrees S; li-'d strike ~~;-
<br />-1e~rees S; [i-td strike i;0-degrees S; ~:-'•( stri.l:e ~0-de•~rees; and ii-'d stri',ce
<br />~5-degrees N. 'These s•stems are more clearly recognized from the Itistn-
<br />vrams oho^a in Pi;•~.~rr_•s 11 aul 12. Also, CLe hi.^, t_n~raias e~~,phasizc r'ro aj~~i
<br />sCn~c Cnr2s beun~ise Clio len' CI. of Cie line is the Iti. r;tn••raoi i•~p. seats .. ~..
<br />n•nnLnr itt percent ~,` Clte L'nCal mr~Lcr of .le EccCS i.~t Cltc •,nlls. C+'i ;'~'
<br />C'~e l.r• a~t•le sCinc(vres ore nru'.al,l^ t'te res~~lC of Foli.atinu !,ecanse L'~is
<br />structure i. •, + avy anal ~mev.: tt.
<br />^LOP_° Sl'Ai:II I'i: AJAL':SIS
<br />~:rpeiicnce i~a:; .. ~'~ ~, :iupe •~rtll^ 'i;.~t i,~.tjur pl.aucr .~Lin,;l.•ii~: ,.-.t~'
<br />strop,, to.acs are cut:..ut.le; l+y tan sii.:~:•' .~,td •_ip oP the s!r.~cture. .41su,
<br />il'^. e.^.rC~121"5 •taVC S~IJ•'il L(laL ~~la /" iLL' inlc J.at ,.trUi: U:i C7 ieSlnt i~.OlF.~dl'ul'
<br />vecu i•;e L;te du'•~r•ar.! Eon'.e ant I ~t,• •+av, ~,eJ~ pl~~~ C'te 'tar /~a s~n'Ea.;es !c•a~n
<br />to„eCh.:r Lo scup i.iove~,ieut al.ut~, Llte ~ateiC,~ planes. G.cansa rite rnc'.~.~ is
<br />t :i.~ CaSe are SCrO'l~, t~leit- 15 11CLle, 1P ^O, C.1dt1Ce thaC the rook Lut++eett
<br />~_te undulations ••ill Eai1 iu shear. Case.l un these conclusions end ohserv-
<br />atious, the control l' t+^ ~~-*' rP ire Lo- t'ie .,ect ~•all is the east dippiu„ id-S
<br />strnc ~ e, ••hich is about i,5-de~ r hsiu~; the same analo;;y, the contrull-
<br />7.ug structure >_a t to south •~a 1 is the ~.-t~J str+tcture that dips ~•5-de.,re<s
<br />L'o the north, The coutrulliu,; structure L'or the north ++sll is not as ol.vio~'s,
<br />L~ecause the L•'-td strncCnre L'haC dips 75-da;;rees L'o the south is ,•avy, and it
<br />can be argued that control ~+ill therefore come Proii the 30-deP,rea dippi.u~
<br />;i-1J structure. 'fltis ar~~tremeut is substantiated by the fact that the road
<br />cats have similar structure and the eats have slope angles of i;0-, ?.'.-, and
<br />il;-de••rees, see Ei;;nres 9 cad 10. A wore conservative approach ••o~~ld Le Ccl
<br />continue to use [ha north ••all for the Haul road and t rerel- 1~~ re~li~ce tl~e uver-
<br />"all au~le on the ur,rtlr +•a .. m>n>m„ experience is wined the slope could
<br />he stecpe~te, r~ ~i~SCi.-:ied.
<br />in summary, the bench ••alls, or Leri.is, ••ill 1.e co+tCrolled by the sLract-
<br />ures o"tuned aLuve and Chc over-all slope aa~le ~•ill res~ilt Cio~~ the eo~~~l•iu-
<br />atiou uP the Len, {aatl beach. 0••ini; to Clte q~talit, oP the rock acid the nttifori~~-
<br />ity oC these ol,servaCious, a slope +•all less than ".5-dc~rees (sontlt anal ••est
<br />••alls) should 1?e stal.le over thr_ projecCed heigltC Of ~~ ~0 Peet.
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