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Isoclinal Fold

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Isoclinal Fold 

or isocline, a fold in sedimentary rocks where the axial surface and limbs slope in the same direction and at approximately the same angle. Isoclinal folds are formed under conditions of intensive lateral compression or with slipping brought about by the force of gravity.



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A single traverse of eight drill holes at Murphy South, combined with Stage I drilling and geophysical inversion modelling, suggests that a large body of magnetite gneiss occurs in this area as a large overturned isoclinal fold, with a south southeast dipping axial plane.
Various forms of minor folds that are found associated with the rocks of the Imphal Valley are Coffer (Box) fold, Sharp (Angular) fold, Isoclinal fold, Harmonic and Disharmonic fold.
Since the Bonanza Ledge is interpreted as a replacement body that is replacing the fold noses of tight isoclinal folds that in the Bonanza Ledge area are flat lying rod shaped bodies, it is believed that these intersections represent true thickness or as close as true thickness can be estimated in this style of mineralization.
 
 
 
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