0
1
Qhe
SAND
GRIT
Red fine grained aeolian sand with grits, minor maghemite pisoliths and basement fragments.
Strat Unit Name
Holocene aeolian sediments
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Holocene aeolian sediments.
GIS Code
H---e
1
4
Qp\ca
CALCRETE
SAND
Fine grained brown/white calcrete with grits + red sand and clay with grits and maghemite pisoliths.
Strat Unit Name
Pleistocene calcrete
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Pleistocene calcrete.
GIS Code
I-----ca
4
6
Qhe
SAND
CLAY (UNDIFF. ORIGIN)
Brown/red very fine-fine grained sand and clay with grits and minor maghemite and CaCO3 + basement gravels.
Strat Unit Name
Holocene aeolian sediments
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Holocene aeolian sediments.
GIS Code
H---e
6
34
? YMb-w
GNEISS
Grey, medium grained feldspar/quartz/pyroxene gneiss with magnetite and trace pyrite. Contains a dull red mineral???? Equigranular feldspar and quartz. Feldspar, pyroxene and magnetite vary in concentration with layering.
Strat Unit Name
Wataru Gneiss
Strat Unit Description
Gneiss, granitic, medium-grained, with hornblende, biotite and lesser orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene. Amphibolite to granulite facies.
GIS Code
YMb--w
34
67
? YMb5
GNEISS
Grey medium grained gneiss with feldspar/pyroxene/quartz/garnet +/- trace magnetite, pyrite and rare epidote alteration. Garnet generally phenocrystic. Contains more mafic and garnet rich layers.
Strat Unit Name
Birksgate Complex unit 5
Strat Unit Description
Intermediate granulite; feldspar-pyroxene granulite, garnet-rich in part.
GIS Code
YMb-----05
67
92
YMb
GNEISS
DOLERITE
Grey - cream medium - coarse grained feldspar/quartz/pyroxene/garnet granulite gneiss with trace biotite and rare disseminated pyrite +/- magnetite and coarse grained garnet. Contains subverticle medium grained pyroxene/garnet/quartz/feldspar layers.
Strat Unit Name
Birksgate Complex
Strat Unit Description
Gneiss, quartzofeldspathic; orthogneiss, felsic to ultramafic; paragneiss, pelitic to calcic: iron formation. Granulite to amphibolite facies. Protolith ages ~1680–1550 Ma.
GIS Code
YMb
92
98.75
? YMb
GNEISS
Cream-buff slightly weathered medium to coarse grained feldspar /quartz felsic rock with trace pyroxene, rare pyrite and possible magnetite. Higly fractured and broken. Quartz is medium - coarse grained, dark grey in colour and slightly elongated.
Strat Unit Name
Birksgate Complex
Strat Unit Description
Gneiss, quartzofeldspathic; orthogneiss, felsic to ultramafic; paragneiss, pelitic to calcic: iron formation. Granulite to amphibolite facies. Protolith ages ~1680–1550 Ma.
GIS Code
YMb
98.75
101.5
M23
DOLERITE
Grey fine grained plagiolcase/pyroxene dyke with possible rare magnetite. Contains irregular green alteration along microfractures. Highly fractured. Also contains carbonate veins.
Strat Unit Name
Mesoproterozoic unit 23
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated doleritic/gabbroic dykes of the Musgrave Block.
GIS Code
M-------23