Figure 17. Grey shade reduced to the pole magnetic map of all data. Plate 2 shows mapped structures along with those derived from this map.
Figure 18. Close-up of crystalline basement map over fractured Paleoproterozoic granite (box 18, Fig. 17, Plates 1 and 2).
Interpreted fractures within granites produce short (20-100 km) linear positive and negative anomalies with amplitudes ranging from ~50-300 nT (Fig. 18). The circular pattern in the upper right most likely represents compositional zonation within a small pluton. A similar pattern is observed in the ternary radiometric data (Fig. 15, Plate 3). Calculated depths to the top of magnetic basement (Fig. 11, Plate 3) range from ~50-400 m.
Figure 19. Close-up of crystalline basement map over dikes in the northeastern portion of the Rgueïbat Shield (box 19, Fig. 17, Plates 1 and 2).
Long (hundreds of km), linear north, NE, and SW trending positive and negative anomalies characterize dikes in the Rgueïbat Shield (Fig. 19). The SW trending dike anomaly crosses all other anomalies, indicating that it is younger. The shorter linear anomalies associated with fractures can clearly be differentiated from the dikes (Plates 1 and 2). The variation in anomaly intensity from west (high) to east (low) indicate variations in magnetite content of the mapped granites whose susceptibilities range from 0036 (magnetic quiet zone on the east) to 22 x 10-3 SI units in the more magnetic granites and granodiorites elsewhere (Paleoproterozoic granites, Excel spread sheet). Calculated depths to the top of magnetic basement (Fig. 11, Plate 3) range from ~50-500 m.
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