Cross Lake Project (1983-86)


Geologist    P.G. Lenton     Year    84     STATION    5479
EASTING   577941     NORTHING   6061624     ZONE   14     DATUM   NAD83
Date of mapping    06/27/1984

STRUCTURAL DATA

Planar Structures:
Structure type Strike Dip Separation
schistosity 47 81

PETROLOGIC DATA

Rock Number: 1

Rock Type: gabbro
Descriptors:
massive
clinopyroxene

Field Description:

-excellent exposure of coarse clinopyroxene (hornblende pseudomorphs) meta gabbro
-definitly not basalt as Roussel said

Textural Features
Type Mineral Min. Size Max. Size Abundance (%) Unit
mafic mineral 0.0 0.0 65.0 %
groundmass grainsize pyroxene 0.0 3.0 mm


Manitoba Geological Survey, 2017