Fabric Code: tpr61

Huakanshan quartzite manual type B

Sand grains of non-volcanic parentage derived from the deformed continental margin exposed in the Central Range west of the Longitudinal Valley include quartz mineral grains, polycrystalline quartzite lithic fragments, and lithic fragments of foliated quartz-mica tectonite (slate and phyllite).

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 tectonite, vitric, microlitic, felsitic
Min 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Taiwan

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_15_19a Huakanshan (Taiwan) Taiwan 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 tectonite, vitric, microlitic, felsitic

WD_15_19a

Huakanshan_52_14_1 Huakanshan_52_14_1
Sherd 52-14-1 from Huakanshan (Taiwan). Slide WD_15_19a from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Quartzite, tectonite rich.


References:

254 Luzon, Batan, Taiwan, 2006 (Dickinson, W.)