Table T6. Contact types by lithology.
Lithology | Sutured | Sharp | Intrusive | Tectonic | Gradational | Not preserved |
Not recovered |
Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oxide gabbro* | 40 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 98 | 5 | 32 | 194 |
Gabbronorite** | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 56 |
Melanogabbro*** | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Microgabbro | 52 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 98 |
Olivine gabbro | 161 | 17 | 7 | 34 | 223 | 3 | 54 | 499 |
Troctolitic gabbro | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
Unknown | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Totals: | 276 | 46 | 24 | 50 | 392 | 10 | 118 | 916 |
Notes: Each contact is listed once for each bordering lithology, resulting in a total that is twice the number of lithologic intervals. * = oxide gabbro and disseminated oxide gabbro, ** = orthopyroxene-bearing gabbro and gabbronorite, *** = disseminated oxide microgabbro and microgabbro.