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' •':· !he present worJd.nc• conaiat of three aa1n opaiaca, n•berecl tr~ 1 to 3 on • · up. Cut 1 ezpoaea a Dearly yertical COIIJ»>uacl tiaau.re n1n of aphaleri te u4 ~.'- bart te in a coaraely cr.ratalline cloloa1 t.. rua 4oloa1 ~· 1a probably q4ro-­~ al~u.ch proof of 1ta or1cin 1a Dot c\etlal~e. !he Yeln, 1nclll41n& th-

tv, is 10 teet wide at the eaatern end of the c~t an4 narrow to 5 teet a~ ~ wstern ot. A vate~fillecl Bhatt in the ca~er o1 the cut 1a reported to be

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Cut 2, reported to be a> teet:cl.e•p• iS:'a1so tilled with water. AYein Z/ ,_ inches wide where aeen aboye .the W&ter level cona~ata eDtlrel7 of coarsel7 cr.ra · line dolomite on the outside with barite and aoae 4oloaite in the ceDtral part. Bo aphal.eri te wu aeen but 1 t ia COIIUDOn 1Jl cluap uteri·al, indica tine ita preaeace at a lower leYel. Many Joints · ud-minor taul~a • echelon at the aouth eclp ot the pit might haYe influenced local control of the ai~eral.i_sation at depth.

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