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STANDARD GEOLOGICAL CODES AND ABBREVIATIONS TO BE USED FOR LOGGING AND MAPPING

LITHOLOGY Description Alluvium Andesite Aplite Basaltic Andesite Basalt Basaltic Dyke Breccia Caliche Carbonate Vein Chert Clay Colluvium Calcsilicate Metamorphics (Undifferentiated) Diorite Dolerite Felsite Gabbro Granitic Dyke Granodiorite Gold "Formation" (sericitic alt) Gossan Granite Hornfels Hornblende Porphyry Dyke Diorite Porphyry Dyke Lode Mafic Dyke Metasediment Microgranite Meta-Shale / Slate Meta-Siltstone Meta-Sandstone Mylonite Pegmatite Phyllite Porphyry Quartz Carbonate Veining Quartz Vein Quartzite Rhyolite Sand Schist Shear Soil Trachytic Andesite Tonalite Continental Seds (consolidated.) Continental Seds (lateritised) Xenolith Code CLZ FR LAT MOZ MW SAP SOIL SRK Code EX FL ML OC SC SF SAMPLE CLASS Description Not in situ Float Mullock Outcrop Subcrop Stope fill Collection Method Description Channel / Chip line Composite Multiple point Single Point MINERAL Description Albite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Gold Azurite Biotite Bornite Calcite Carbonate Cerussite Chlorite Chalcopyrite Chalcocite Epidote Feldspar Galena Galena & Sphalerite Goethite Graphite Gypsum Hornblende Haematite Jarosite Laumontite Limonite Magnesite Malachite Micaceous Mn oxide (pyrolusite etc) Molybdenite Montmorillonite Magnetite Muscovite Plagioclase Pyrrhotite Pyroxene Pyrite Pyrite & Chalcopyrite Pyrite & Chalcocite Pyrite & Galena Pyrite & Sphalerite Quartz Scorolite Sericite Sphalerite Undifferentiated Sulphide Talc Tourmaline HUE (colour prefix) Description dark light 18 August 2004 Code bd bdd bx cgr cl clf cox disc fgr fol frac fri TEXTURE Description Band(s) Bedded Brecciated Coarse Grained Clevage Colloform Cockscomb Dogtooth Disc Fracturing Fine Grained Foliated Fractured Friable COLOUR Description Buff Black Black Grey Blue Brown Brown Grey Cream Green Grey Grey Green Grey Orange Grey Pink Grey Red Grey White Grey Yellow Orange Orange Brown Orange Grey Orange Pink Pink Pink Brown Pink Grey Red Red Yellow White White Grey Yellow STRUCTURE Description Broken Contact Fault Fracture Fragmented Joint Jointing Shear Stockwork Vein TEXTURE (continued) Description Fissile Gossanous Granular Radiating Laminated Massive Medium Grained Mylonitic Pegmatitic Porphyrytic Sheared Shattered Shaley Tabular Very Fine Grained Vughy

Code ALUV AND AP BAN BAS BD BX CALIC CBV CHT CLAY COLV CS CTM DI DO FEL GAB GD GDR GFM GOS GRA HNF HPD HPP LODE MD META MGR MSH MSL MSS MY PEG PHY PORP QCBV QV QZT RHY SAND SCH SHEAR SOIL TAN TON TQC TS XENO

Code CHN COM MP SP

Code alb amph asp Au azu bio bn cal cb cer chl cp ct ep fs gl glsp goe grp gyp hb hem jar laum lim mag mal mic mn mol mon mt musc plag po px py pycp pyct pygl pysp qtz sco se sp sulph tal tour

Code Bf Bk BkGy Bl Br BrGy Cr Gn Gy GyGn GyOr GyPk GyRd GyWh GyYl Or OrBr OrGy OrPk Pk PkBr PkGy Rd RdYl Wh WhGy Yl

Code fss gos grnl rad lam mass mgr my peg porp sh sht shy tab vfg vug

REGOLITH Description Clay Zone Fresh (unweathered) rock Laterite Mottled Zone Moderately Weathered Saprolite Soil, inc. unconsolidated Saprock ALTERATION Description Albite Biotite Calcareous Carbonaceous Carbonate Chlorite Epidote Ferruginous Haematite Illite Laumontite Montmorillonite Magnetite Muscovite Pink Feldspar Red Feldspar Sericite Siliceous Weathered EXTENT Description Moderate Strong Trace Weak

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS Code Description // Parallel alt Alteration ang Angular approx Approximately av Average bot Bottom ca Core Axis col Colour contm Contaminated deg dia diss dist epi gr grc hd homg hvy jsp mat max meso min minl mtx reg sec seds selv strk v var vd vol xtl Degree Diameter Disseminated Distributed Epithermal Grain Graphitic Hard Homogeneous Heavy Jasperiodal Material Maximum Mesothermal Minimum Mineral Matrix Regular Secondary Sediments Selvage Streak very variable Vein-Dyke Volume Crystal

Code alb bio calc carb cb chl ep ferr hem ill laum mont mt musc pkfs rdfs se sil wd

Code bkn cont f frac frag jnt sh stwk vn

Code MOD STR TR WK

Code d l

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