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Appendix A Petrographic Descriptions,<br />

Chemical Analyses, Normative Compositions, and<br />

Statistical Compositions <strong>of</strong> Lithologic Units <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>Cargill</strong> <strong>Township</strong> Carbonatite Complex.<br />

TABLE A-l. PETROGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WHOLE-ROCK<br />

SAMPLES* FROM THE CARGILL TOWNSHIP COMPLEX.<br />

Reference No. 771<br />

Sample No. CCM6 102.9-103.3<br />

Silico<strong>carbonatite</strong>.<br />

Fine to medium grained, equigranular, allotriomorphic, with curved to ragged grain boundaries.<br />

Sample has undergone deformation. Apatite forms rounded anhedral grains. Magnetite forms<br />

anhedral disseminated grains. Phlogopite forms an anhedral, interlocking mosaic with pervasive<br />

and strong kinking <strong>of</strong> (001) cleavage. Carbonate forms rounded, composite, interstitial grains.<br />

Reference No. 772<br />

Sample No. CCM6 131.8-132.2<br />

Silico<strong>carbonatite</strong>.<br />

Fine to medium grained, equigranular, massive, allotriomorphic with curved to straight grain<br />

boundaries. Magnetite forms anhedral disseminated grains. Apatite forms rounded to sub<br />

rounded grains. Amphibole occurs as somewhat acicular, anhedral, irregular grains forming an<br />

interlocking mosaic. Carbonate forms an interlocking mosaic <strong>of</strong> anhedral grains.<br />

Reference No. 773<br />

Sample No. CCM6 140.0-140.4<br />

Silico<strong>carbonatite</strong>.<br />

Fine to medium grained, massive, equigranular, hypidiomorphic. Magnetite is anhedral and<br />

disseminated throughout. Amphibole forms subhedral to euhedral acicular grains. Phlogopite<br />

forms anhedral to subhedral grains in an interlocking mosaic. Carbonate forms anhedral inter<br />

stitial grains.<br />

Reference No. 774<br />

Sample No. CCM6 141.4-141.65<br />

Apatite, magnetite, amphibole, phlogopite Silico<strong>carbonatite</strong>.<br />

Medium grained, equigranular, massive, allotriomorphic, with curved to straight grain bounda<br />

ries. Magnetite forms anhedral disseminated grains. Phlogopite forms anhedral grains with<br />

darker brown pleochroic rims. Amphibole is somewhat acicular with very pale pleochroism and<br />

weak zoning <strong>of</strong> larger grains under crossed nicols. Apatite forms rounded anhedral grains. Car<br />

bonate forms an interlocking mosaic <strong>of</strong> anhedral grains.<br />

Reference No. 775<br />

Sample No. CCM6 151.3-151.65<br />

Apatite, magnetite, amphibole, phlogopite sovite.<br />

Medium grained, massive, equigranular, allotriomorphic, with curved to straight grain bounda<br />

ries. Amphibole is weakly pleochroic, acicular, rarely poikilitically encloses carbonate, and un<br />

der crossed nicols birefringence suggests zoning. Magnetite is anhedral and disseminated.<br />

Phlogopite forms anhedral grains with dark brown pleochroic rims. Minor apatite occurs as<br />

rounded anhedral grains.<br />

Reference No. 776<br />

Sample No. CCM6 243.9-244.25<br />

Magnetite, phlogopite, apatite sovite.<br />

Medium grained, massive, equigranular, allotriomorphic, with curved to straight grain bounda<br />

ries. Phlogopite forms anhedral grains with dark brown pleochroic rims. In some grains there is<br />

*All samples are from drill core. The locations <strong>of</strong> the drillholes are shown on Figure 3 (Chart<br />

A).<br />

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