The country rock is jasper, thin layered and separated by seams of shale. The jasper layers differ in thickness from a fraction of an inch to several feet. The same layer varies in thickness, pinching out locally In many places. Most of the shale seams... Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey - Seite 161von Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1910Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Lingle Kesler, Jerry Chipman Olson - 1942 - 496 Seiten
...schist is generally not distinct; the two are commonly separated by a transitional zone which varies in thickness from a fraction of an inch to several feet. The topaz rock retains either a faint banding (see pi. 8, B) or the pattern of a breccia (see pi. 8, (3),... | |
| 1960 - 1118 Seiten
...area the veins — called "siliceous reefs" — strike east to northeast, are of steep dip, and vary in thickness from a fraction of an inch to several feet. The country rock is granodiorite containing, in order of abundance, plagioclase (Anw to AnM), quartz, orinecíase,... | |
| 1918 - 72 Seiten
...dirtygray sandstone containing thin calcareous beds and numerous lenses and layers of sandy shale ranging in thickness from a fraction of an inch to several feet. The distribution of the oil in the sand is probably dependent to a considerable degree on differences in... | |
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