Page:Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol. 28.djvu/363

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1872.]
Daintree—Geology of Queensland.
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compact. From a microscopic examination, Mr. Allport gave the following description:—

"This is a felsite or trachyte, and consists of a fine, granular felspathic base, in which there are scattered groups of minute green grains and crystals of hornblende."

Fig. 16.—Plan of a portion of the Cape Mining-district, showing a dyke of Felsite traversing Metamorphic Schists.

Post Pliocene: Alluvial Upper Gold Deposit.

Desert Sandstone.

Gold-workings.

Elvanite.

Metamorphic: Mica and Hornblende Slates.