Table T2. Abbreviations used in the alteration/mineralization and vein/structure descriptions.
|
Term
|
Abbreviation
|
|---|---|
| Common colors: | |
| Black | Blk |
| White | Wht |
| Brown | Brn |
| Yellow | Yel |
| Olive | Olv |
| Green | Grn |
| Gray | Gr |
| Blue | Bl |
| Red | Rd |
| Pink | Pk |
| Tan | Tn |
| Gold | Gd |
| Dark | Dk |
| Light | Lt |
| Grain size: | |
| Very fine (<0.5 mm) | vfg |
| Fine (0.5-1 mm) | fg |
| Medium (>1-2 mm) | mg |
| Coarse (>2 mm) | cg |
| Alteration intensity: | |
| Fresh (<2%) | Fr |
| Slight (2%-<10%) | Sl |
| Moderate (10%-<40%) | Md |
| High (40%-<80%) | Hi |
| Very high (80%-<95%) | VH |
| Complete (95%-100%) | Cm |
| Alteration style: | |
| Pervasive | Pv |
| Patchy | Pa |
| Stockwork | SW |
| Veins | Vn |
| Vesicle fill | Vf |
| Alteration type: | |
| Bleached | Bl |
| Siliceous | Sil |
| Oxidized | Ox |
| Film | F |
| Sulfate veins | Sv |
| Green silica-clay | GSC |
| Magnetite-bearing | Mt |
| Mineralized | Min |
| Primary and alteration minerals: | |
| Anhydrite | Anhy |
| Barite | Ba |
| Calcium carbonate | CO3 |
| Chalcedony | Chal |
| Chlorite | Chl |
| Clay
minerals and phyllosilicates (undifferentiated) |
Cl |
| Epidote | Ep |
| Kaolinite | Ka |
| Hematite | Hem |
| Iron oxyhydroxides | FeOx |
| Magnetite | Mt |
| Manganese oxyhydroxides | MnOx |
| Native sulfur | S |
| Olivine | Ol |
| Plagioclase | Plag |
| Pyroxene | Px |
| Quartz | Qtz |
| Sericite | Ser |
| Silica | Si |
| Smectite | Sm |
| Sulfate (undifferentiated) | Sf |
| Zeolite | Zeol |
| Sulfide mineralization style: | |
| Massive | MS |
| Semimassive | SMS |
| Disseminated | DS |
| Vein/stringer | VS |
| Sulfide breccia | SB |
| Vug/vesicle fill | VF |
| Sulfide mineralogy: | |
| Bornite | Bn |
| Chalcopyrite | Cp |
| Covellite | Cv |
| Enargite | En |
| Galena | Gn |
| Marcasite | Mc |
| Pyrite | Py |
| Sphalerite | Sp |
| Tetrahedrite | Tt |
| Tennantite | Tn |
| Apparent vein orientation: | |
| Inclined | INC |
| Curved | CUR |
| Horizontal | H |
| Vertical | V |
| Subhorizontal | SH |
| Subvertical | SV |
| Stockwork | SW |
| Irregular | IR |
| Other: | |
| Much less than | << |
| Hairline fracture | HF |
| Altered to | -> |
| Trace (<1%) | tr |
| Sediment | Sed. |
| Apparent | App. |
| Ditto | do |