Cross Lake Project (1983-86)

Geologist P.G. Lenton Year 84 STATION 5645
EASTING 569443 NORTHING 6048982 ZONE 14 DATUM NAD83
Date of mapping 07/23/1984

STRUCTURAL DATA

Planar Structures:
Structure type | Strike | Dip | Separation
schistosity | 280 | 67 |

-CLAIM POST 4-P65082
POST 3-P65081 65083

PETROLOGIC DATA

Rock Number: 1

Rock Type: conglomerate
Descriptors:
bedded
polymictic
Field Description:

-interbedded conglomerate in SNDS
-CGLM is clast supported PBBL CGLM that shows no grading but is sorted by beds, probably large scale trough deposits
-sed. clasts dominate, particularly grey siltstone and SNDS
-volcanic clasts are present in the small pebble size
-quartz clasts are common perhaps as much as 1%
-there are very few granitic clasts
-occurs in 1 to 2 m horizons made up of BO-50 cm beds

Minerals of Note
Mineral | Abundance (%)
garnet

Rock Number: 2

Rock Type: sandstone
Descriptors:
crossbedded
pebbly
Field Description:

-typical crossbedded and pebbly crossbedded feld. SNDS
-pebbles occur as small pavements and lags
-bed thickness is highly erratic
-probably represent intertrough fill

Minerals of Note
Mineral | Abundance (%)
garnet

Manitoba Geological Survey, 2017