The available evidence suggests the possibility of karst dissolution, collapse and brecciation, followed by lithification. |
The host lithology is a dolomitic unit that has undergone stylolitic quartz and manganese veining and brecciation. |
Locally, intense brecciation gave rise to angular vein quartz fragments enveloped by a matrix of massive hematitic rock. |
The paucity of outcrop in the Acraman depression indicates that the bedrock beneath the depression is strongly disrupted by brecciation and jointing. |
The brecciation and width of mineralization appears to be increasing to the west and at depth. |
Lamination, brecciation, and other sedimentary features of the dolomite are well preserved in this massive sheet of microcrystalline quartz. |