The Geology and Geochemistry of Beryllium in Southern Arizona
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1962Keywords
abundancealkaline earth metals
Arizona
beryllium
geochemistry
metals
southern Arizona
United States
Beryllium ores -- Arizona
Geology -- ArizonaGeochemistry -- Arizona
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Lacy, Willard C.Metadata
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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Nine beryllium deposits were studied in order to determine the geological environment of beryllium mineralization in southern Arizona. Beryllium occurs in two pegmatite areas, two contact metamorphic deposits, two quartz-tungsten veins, two quartz-feldspar veins, and in one quartz monzonite stock. It is associated in almost all of these deposits with purple fluorite and tungsten. Beryllium mineralization is associated with granitic and quartz monzonite intrusions of Laramide age, and generally occurs at the intersection of northwest-trending lineaments and the Texas lineament.Type
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mastersDegree Program
Graduate CollegeGeology