The Tertiary Igneous Terrain in the Vicinity of the King Tonopah Mine, Tonopah, Nevada: An Exploration Case Study
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1986Keywords
Geology, Stratigraphic -- TertiaryGeology -- Nevada -- Tonopah Region
Igneous rocks -- Nevada -- Tonopah Region
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Eastoe, C. J.Metadata
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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Uneconomic epithermal precious metal mineralization and associated alteration occur in the Tonopah Property, and are similar in style, although much less intense, to the deposits of the Tonopah camp two miles south. Mineralization is localized within a set of northwest-trending faults within the Tonopah, Mizpah, and King Tonopah Member of the Fraction-Tuff formations, and is associated with widespread propylitic and sparse fracture-localized potassic and argillic alteration. A younger set of Mn-calcite veins, anomalous in manganese, mercury, arsenic, and antimony, occurs in northeast-trending faults cutting older formations as well as the younger Tonopah Summit Member of the Fraction Tuff. This mineralization is possibly associated with silicification, zeolitization, and clay-alteration of the Fraction Tuff. The Tonopah Summit Member of the Fraction Tuff is reinterpreted as younger than the King Tonopah Member. Mega-breccia and basin morphology in the northeast may indicate an eruptive vent in this area.Type
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Graduate CollegeGeosciences