A fault strikes due north and dips 70E. A limestone bed with an attitude of 325, 25SW

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A fault strikes due north and dips 70°E. A limestone bed with an attitude of 325°, 25°SW is cut by the fault. Hydrothermal alteration along the fault has resulted in an ore shoot at the intersection of the two planes.

1. What is the orientation of the ore shoot?

2. What is the pitch of the ore shoot in the plane of the fault?

3. What is the pitch of the ore shoot in the plane of the limestone bed?

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Structural Analysis And Synthesis A Laboratory Course In Structural Geology

ISBN: 9781405116527

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Authors: Stephen M. Rowland, Ernest M. Duebendorfer, Ilsa M. Schiefelbein

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