Geology and hydrothermal alteration of a portion of the eastern Excelsior Mountains, Mineral County, Nevada
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Authors
Bosma-Douglas, Julia
Issue Date
1987
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Geology , Excelsior Mountains , Sediments , Tuff , Lava Flows , Breccias , Hypabyssal Porphyry Dikes , Walker Lane , Mono-excelsior Structural Zone , Alteration , Gold , Silver , Arsenic , Antimony , Mercury , Opalization , Acid-sulfite Alteration , Quartzillite Alteration , Hydrothermal , Stratigraphy , Economic Geology , Geochemistry , Flow Domes , Mackay Theses and Dissertations Grant Collection
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Abstract
The eastern Excelsior Mountains are underlain by Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks and porphyry stocks that are unconformably overlain by Tertiary ash-flow tuff, andesite lava flows, and laharic breccias. Additionally, various forms of alteration have been observed and studied.
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Publisher
University of Nevada, Reno
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