Outcrop or artificial surface exposure, Quartz monzonite
| Geographic location |
-117.130278, 40.531389
117°
7'
49"
W,
40°
31'
53"
N
Lander county,
NV
Antler Peak
1:62,500 scale map quadrangle
Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile)
SOUTH-CENTRAL T31N, R43E, AT COPPER CANYON
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| Source of sample | Outcrop or artificial surface exposure |
| Rock name | Quartz monzonite |
| Description | HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND MINERALIZED PART OF COPPER CANYON QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. QUARTZ (40%), ANDESINE (30%), ORTHOCLASE (25%), AND SEVERAL PERCENT BIOTITE. SIXTY PERCENT OF ROCK GENERALLY IS PHENOCRYSTS OF ALL ABOVE MATERIALS. |
| Laboratories | USGS Reston |
| Compiler name | Nichols, S.L. |
| Date compiled | 1977 12 |
| Precision of location | Accurate to within 1 minute (~1 mile) |
| Location comment | SOUTH-CENTRAL T31N, R43E, AT COPPER CANYON |
| Bibliographic reference | Jaffe, H.W., Gottfried, D., Waring, C.L., and Worthing, H.W., 1959, Lead-alpha age determinations of accessory minerals of igneous rocks (1953-1957): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1097-B, 147 pp. |
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| Geologic map unit | -117.130278, 40.531389 |
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