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Serpentinite

SERPENTINITE (Paleozoic)-Mineral, northwestern Nye, and eastern Humboldt counties
StateNevada
NameSerpentinite
Geologic ageLate Devonian to Early Triassic
Original map labelPZsp
Primary rock typeserpentinite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > SerpentiniteMay be reported as serpentinized peridotite(?) and diabase (Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1985).
Map references
Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386).
Unit references
Stewart, J.H., and Carlson, J.E., 1978, Geologic Map of Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1:500,000 (not part of any formal series, printed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey, G75163, reprinted, 1981, G81386).
Stewart, J. H., 1980, Geology of Nevada: A discussion to accompany the Geologic Map of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 4.
Kleinhampl, F.J., and Ziony, J.I., 1985, Geology of Northern Nye County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 99A, 172 p., 2 pl.
Bonham, H.F., 1969, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 70, 140 p., 6 pls.
Geographic coverageEsmeralda - Humboldt - Mineral - Nye

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