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the grains in the granite, carries feldspar, or is lined with
it on the outer edges of the veins, It shows crystal texture,
grades to the granite in places, and contains vugs which in

places are lined with molybdenite. These molybdenite-quartz

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deposits were clearly derived from the granite and formed during
a late stage in the cooling in a manner similar to pegmatites.
Pyrite and hematite occur very sparsely in a very fow places in
the deposits. There is nothing except possibly some fine-
grained sections in the granite to suggest proximity to a
contact. The general distribution of the molybdenite deposits
scattered here and there in the granite and not near known
contacts suggests they may have been formed well within the
granite. The general geological conditions here are favourable
for the occurrence of an important deposit. The ~*~ —‘ings,
however, suggest that the veins are too scattered and the
intervening rock for the most part too lean for large sections

of the rock to yield a good molybdenite content.

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quartz up to 6 feet wide, but of no great length. This quartz
is crystalline and contains vugs; it grades to the granite and
is closely related to it and the lenses are believed to be in
the nature of pegmatites. Some of the vugs are lined with
galena. Some pyrite also occurs. The rocks are cut by two or
more types of Tertiary dykes (andesite and hornblende andesite)
which in places carry considerable pyrite and weather rusty.

The pyrite and rustiness are, of course, in no way related to

the quartz veins. The deposits have been worked beeause of the
galena content which carries some silver, but it is most unlikely
that deposits of this character will have any economic value so

far as lead or silver are concerned .

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