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Rhyolitic flows and shallow intrusive rocks

RHYOLITIC FLOWS AND SHALLOW INTRUSIVE ROCKS
StateNevada
NameRhyolitic flows and shallow intrusive rocks
Geologic ageMiocene to Quaternary
Original map labelQTr
CommentsProtrusive rhyolite domes occur in Washoe County (Bonham, 1969), and trachybasalt and latite occurs in Mineral County (Ross, 1961).
Primary rock typerhyolite
Secondary rock typetrachybasalt
Other rock typeslatite; dacite; trachyte
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite (Dome)
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Latite (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Flow)Trachybasalt
Incidental
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Trachyte (Flow)
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Dacite (Dome)
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).
Ross, D.C., 1961, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Mineral County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 58, 98 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 coverageMineral - Storey - Washoe

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