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fault breccia

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fault breccia [′fȯlt ‚brech·ə]
(geology)
The assembly of angular fragments found frequently along faults. Also known as dislocation breccia.


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The current target areas consist of prominent epithermal fissure-vein systems, exhibiting multiple braided veins, veinlets and fault breccias exposed over a cumulative strike length of 2.
Fault breccias in many areas made geologic interpretation and sample recovery more difficult.
Silver-gold mineralization at the Summit deposit is contained in a vein-like structure in the footwall section of a 50 to 100-foot-wide, steeply-dipping, siliceous fault breccia.
 
 
 
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