Photomicrograph of quartz-biotite schist from Idaho Springs formation at Nederland. Boulder County, Colorado. circa 1932.
Dates
Date Taken
1932
Summary
Album caption and index card: Photomicrograph of quartz-biotite schist from Idaho Springs formation at Nederland. Original bedding (nearly vertical in photograph) is intersected by shear planes sloping down to right at about 45°, and these shears are cut by later shears sloping to the left at 60°. b, Biotite; g, garnet; m, magnetite; q, quartz; fqb, crushed feldspar, quartz, and biotite. Plain light. Boulder County, Colorado. Notes: Published as figure VII-C in U.S.Geological Survey. Professional Paper 223. 1950.
Summary
Album caption and index card: Photomicrograph of quartz-biotite schist from Idaho Springs formation at Nederland. Original bedding (nearly vertical in photograph) is intersected by shear planes sloping down to right at about 45°, and these shears are cut by later shears sloping to the left at 60°. b, Biotite; g, garnet; m, magnetite; q, quartz; fqb, crushed feldspar, quartz, and biotite. Plain light. Boulder County, Colorado.
Notes: Published as figure VII-C in U.S.Geological Survey. Professional Paper 223. 1950.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Lovering, T.S.
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