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Breccia Poster Vancouver 07 V2 NH PDF
Breccia Poster Vancouver 07 V2 NH PDF
7 2 Phreatic
circulating
groundwaters) Groundwater
irregular, pebble
dikes
Angular to
up to ~500 rounded
present
<50% None
Exfoliated fragments, hydrothermal
sinter fragments activity Silicification, clay
•Often cannot tell which breccia type you are in until you see certain
textures and have a better handle on geometry and relationships to
No juvenile clasts,
geology (ie intrusions) adjacent to the breccia. SO, this is NOT a field 3 wall-rock blocks,
classification!! Magma up to Subrounded to Present base surge deposits, Maar, tuff
spatially or temporally, also, can get breccias (eg diatremes) occurring at Wall-rock blocks,
different levels in the systems overprinting deeper formed, older breccias 4 base surge deposits,
due to erosion/telescoping/etc Tuff matrix, locally exfoliated
Magma 1,000 - Subrounded to Present cognate fragments, Maar, tuff
4 Phreatomagmatic (directly) Groundwater Diatreme 3,000 rounded (<90%) lithics accretionary lapilli ring, domes Minor
•Breccias are often part of a protracted history of magmatic, hydrothermal, Tuff matrix, Pyroclastic
tectonic activity pumice, Wall-rock blocks, fall & flow
5 Magma Magmatic Diatreme, Subrounded to cognate locally exfoliated deposits,
•Breccias can be genetically related to mineralisation (e.g. magmatic 5 Magmatic (directly) volatiles volcanic vent 500 - 5,000 rounded Present lithics fragments domes Minor
Irregular
hydrothermal – porphyry systems, Kidston breccia pipe etc, phreatic and 66 Intrusion Intrusion Magma patches up to ~100 Angular Absent None Intrusive rock matrix None Variable (minor)
epithermal mineralisation), or just spatially associated because it is a Regional Steep tabular Angular to Present
good host, or is spatially associated, as occurring within an active 77
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Tectonic tectonism N/A bodies up to ~50 subrounded (<100%) None Slickensides, gouge None Variable (minor)
magmatic-hydrothermal environment
Accretionary lapilli,
Wau gold district,