Cross Lake Project (1983-86)


Geologist    P.G. Lenton     Year    85     STATION    6008
EASTING   576016     NORTHING   6045135     ZONE   14     DATUM   NAD83
Date of mapping    06/07/1985

STRUCTURAL DATA

Planar Structures:
Structure type Strike Dip Separation
schistosity 59 84

-2 m of pegmatitic granite at contact with ampb. to N

PETROLOGIC DATA

Rock Number: 1

Rock Type: granite
Descriptors:
massive
leucocratic

Field Description:

-slightly porphyritic with scattered 5 mm microcline phenocrysts
-rock wealths uniform light grey
-this is unlike any previous rock encountered in that it has a uniform, fine grain size
-as little or no foliation and a remarkable homogeneity
-garnet is a rare accessory phase occasionally as crystals up to 6 mm (sample B)
-it has some similarity to the young massive grey GRDR in CWB
-Sample C representative duplicate for analysis


Manitoba Geological Survey, 2017