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  _3147159.JPG - Mrs H show us some of the jumbled, hydrothermally emplaced Mariposite & quartz.   This block literally seperates the Foothill Terraine & Calaveras Complex.  What does that mean?  This area was four or five miles underground in a subduction zone many moons ago.  
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 Mrs H show us some of the jumbled, hydrothermally emplaced Mariposite & quartz. This block literally seperates the Foothill Terraine & Calaveras Complex. What does that mean? This area was four or five miles underground in a subduction zone many moons ago.
Date: 3/14/09 5:10 PM | Keywords: Coulterville mariposite MJC Geology southern motherlode
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