Horse (geology) explained

A horse, in geology, is any block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes. In mining, a horse is a block of country rock entirely encased within a mineral lode.^[1] In structural geology the term was first used to describe the thrust-bounded imbricates found within a thrust duplex.^[2] In later literature it has become a general term for any block entirely bounded by faults, whether the overall deformation type is contractional, extensional or strike-slip in nature.^[3]

External links

• Horse (miner's term). x. Horse. A miner's term.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Butler, F.H. 1911. The brecciation of mineral veins. . 2009-08-16 . 2017-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813111223/http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_16/16-74-124.pdf . dead .
2. Dennis, J.G. 1967. International tectonic dictionary. AAPG Memoir 7, 196pp.
3. http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/5/419 Root, K.G. 1990. Extensional duplex in the Purcell Mountains of southeastern British Columbia. Geology, 18, 419-421