Chicago Paper - The Origin of the Gold-Bearing Quartz of the Bendigo Reefs, Australia (See Discussion, p. 738)
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 33
- File Size:
- 1912 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1894
Abstract
The lode-formation of the Bendigo gold-field was described in a former paper.* It presents a striking identity of arrangement with the general geological structure of the region, which is one of comparative simplicity. The alternating beds of slate and sandstone which constitute the prevailing country-rock have been extremely contorted ; yet notwithstanding their highly developed cleavage it is possible to discern in their structure the evidences of original sedimentation. Along the crests of the waves which are the axes of anticlinal folds occur bodies of gold-bearing quartz, of great economical importance, which the miners have appropriately termed " sad-
Citation
APA: (1894) Chicago Paper - The Origin of the Gold-Bearing Quartz of the Bendigo Reefs, Australia (See Discussion, p. 738)
MLA: Chicago Paper - The Origin of the Gold-Bearing Quartz of the Bendigo Reefs, Australia (See Discussion, p. 738). The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1894.