| Other author/creator | Gates, Olcott, 1919-1999, author. |
| Other author/creator | Plouff, Donald. |
| Other author/creator | Ketner, Keith B., 1921-2019. |
| Other author/creator | Nevada Bureau of Mines. |
| Other author/creator | Geological Survey (U.S.) issuing body. |
| Variant title |
Title from publishers list: Tectonic and igneous geology of the northern Shoshone Range, Nevada with sections on gravity in Crescent Valley and economic geology |
| Physical medium | 4to. |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 465
Geological Survey professional paper ; 465. ^A16492 |
| Contents |
Abstract -- Introduction -- Geologic interest of the area -- Location and accessibility -- Physical features -- Climate and vegetation -- Previous work -- Fieldwork and authorship -- Acknowledgments -- General geology -- Principal features -- Rocks of the area -- General features -- Strata of the lower plate of the Roberts thrust (carbonate or eastern facies) -- Cambrian System -- Lower Cambrian Series -- Prospect Mountain quartzite -- Lower and Middle Cambrian Series -- Pioche shale -- Middle Cambrian Series -- Eldorado Dolomite -- Shwin Formation -- Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician hiatus -- Ordovician System -- Middle Ordovician Series -- Eureka Quartzite -- Hanson Creek Formation -- Silurian System -- Roberts Mountains Limestone -- Hiatus between Silurian and Devonian Systems -- Devonian System -- Limestone undifferentiated -- Devonian and Mississippian Systems -- Pilot Shale -- Strata of the upper plate of the Roberts thrust (siliceous or western facies) -- Cambrian System -- Upper Cambrian Series -- Harmony Formation -- Ordovician System -- Valmy Formation -- Silurian System -- Elder Sandstone -- Hiatus between Silurian and Devonian Systems -- Devonian System -- Middle Devonian and Upper Devonian Series -- Slaven Chert -- Pre-Pennsylvanian unconformity (the Antlerorogeny) -- Strata younger than the Antler orogeny -- Pennsylvanian System -- Middle Pennsylvanian Series -- Battle Conglomerate -- Pennsylvanian and Permian Systems -- Brock Canyon Formation -- Antler Peak Limestone -- Havallah Formation -- Late Permian hiatus -- Triassic System -- Lower and Middle Triassic Series -- China Mountain Formation -- Lower Triassic -mid-Tertiary hiatus -- Tertiary system -- General features -- Igneous rocks of early Tertiary age -- Granite Mountain stock -- Distribution and geologic relations -- Jointing -- Petrography -- Granodiorite -- Quartz monzonite -- Quartz diorite porphyry -- Inclusions -- Aplite -- Lamprophyre -- Emplacement -- Petrogenesis -- Stock on ridge west of Goat Peak -- Age -- Rocks of middle or late Tertiary age -- Extrusive rocks -- General features -- Indian Creek valley, Mount Lewis quadrangle -- Sedimentary rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- Mill Creek-Harry Creek-Cooks Creek area -- Sedimentary rocks -- Volcanic rocks -- West margin of the Shoshone Range -- Breccia pipes -- Horse Canyon breccia pipe -- Location and geologic relations -- Coarse breccia -- Fine breccia -- Conglomerate -- Quartz monzonite prophyry -- Quartz latite and rhyolite porphyry dikes -- Hornblende andesite dikes -- Conglomerate and breccia near Horse Canyon mouth -- Development of the pipe -- Pipe Canyon breccia pipe -- Location and geologic relations -- Coarse breccia -- Fine breccia -- Pumiceous vitrophyre -- Rhyolite. |
| Contents |
Rocky Canyon breccia pipe -- Location and geologic relations -- Coarse breccia -- Pumiceous vitrophyre -- Bedded tuff -- Rhyolite -- Relation to Horse Canyon pipe -- Origin of the breccia pipes -- Quartz latite breccia of Mount Lewis -- Distribution and geologic relations -- Breccia dikes -- Structure -- Inclusions -- Petrography -- Origin -- Dacite plug on southeast spur of Mount Lewis -- Rhyolite plug -- Origin of the rhyolite and dacite plugs -- Dikes -- East flank of the Shoshone Range -- Rhyolite welded tuff -- Gravel -- Basaltic andesite -- Dikes in the Cortez Mountains -- Hydrothermal alteration of the igneous rocks -- Chemical composition -- Age of the volcanic and associated rocks -- Quaternary System -- Colluvium -- Alluvium -- Playa and lacustrine deposits -- Dunes -- Volume of Quaternary sediments -- Structural geology -- Field criteria of thrusts -- Methods and precision of analysis -- General features of the structure -- Antler orogeny, the Roberts thrust -- Discovery and type locality -- Regional relations -- Structural significance of the Roberts thrust -- The date of the Roberts thrust -- Roberts thrust in the northern Shoshone Range -- Gold Acres window -- Goat window -- Mill Creek window -- Horse Mountain window -- The form of the Roberts thrust surface -- Overturn in the Roberts thrust -- Structure of the lower plate of the Roberts thrust -- Gold Acres window -- Goat window -- Significance of the structure of the lower plate -- Minor windows near the Goat window -- Mill Creek window (Block V) -- Horse Mountain window -- Structure of the upper plate -- Major features -- Trout Creek fault -- Extent -- Relation to associated faults -- Displacement -- Faults north of the Trout Creek fault -- Bateman, Hilltop, and Crum Canyon faults -- Kattenhorn fault -- Dean Mine fault and associated structures -- Bens Peak and associated faults -- Faults south of Trout Creek fault -- Goat fault group -- Shoshone Summit fault -- Mill Creek fault -- Feris Creek and associated faults -- Faults beneath the Shoshone Summit fault -- Summary of the Antler orogeny and its results -- The Lewis orgogeny -- Whiskey Canyon fault -- Havingdon Peak fault -- Internal structure of the Whiskey Canyon-Havingdon Peak block -- Provenance of the transported plates -- Effect on older structures -- Faulting in the Cortez Mountains -- Faulting during the volcanic episode -- Basin Range faults -- Shoshone Range -- Cortez Mountains -- Age of the Basin Range faults -- Gravity survey of part of Crescent Valley / Donald Plouff -- Structure suggested by gravity data -- Economic geology / Keith B. Ketner -- History and production -- Metal deposits -- Host rock -- Distribution -- Structure of deposits -- Weathering -- Lode minerals -- Classification and age -- Guides for further exploration -- Gold Acres mine -- Barite deposits -- Host rock -- Distribution -- Size and shape -- Internal features -- Origin and age -- Internal features -- Hilltop Barite deposit -- Bateman Canyon deposit -- Greystone deposit -- References cited -- Index. |
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Plate 1. Geologic map of the Mount Lewis and Crescent Valley quadrangles, Nevada -- Plate 2 (4 sheets). Geologic sections of the Mount Lewis and Crescent Valley quadrangles, Nevada -- Plate 3. Some Paleozoic sections in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, referred to in the text -- Plate 4. Index map showing location of fossil collections made during the survey, Northern Shoshone Range, Nevada -- Plate 5. Geologic map and sections of the breccia pipes of the Mount Lewis quadrangle, Nevada -- Plate 6. Diagram showing the major faults in the Mount Lewis-Crescent Valley quadrangles, with the names applied to them in this report. |
| Local note | Joyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | "Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Bureau of Mines." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-147). |
| Other forms | Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Gilluly, James, 1896-1980. Tectonic and igneous geology of the northern Shoshone Range, Nevada |
| Other title | Geologic map of the Mount Lewis and Crescent Valley quadrangles, Nevada. |
| Other title | Geologic sections of the Mount Lewis and Crescent Valley quadrangles, Nevada. |
| Other title | Some Paleozoic sections in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, referred to in the text. |
| Other title | Index map showing location of fossil collections made during the survey, Northern Shoshone Range, Nevada. |
| Other title | Geologic map and sections of the breccia pipes of the Mount Lewis quadrangle, Nevada. |
| Other title | Diagram showing the major faults in the Mount Lewis-Crescent Valley quadrangles, with the names applied to them in this report. |
| Other title | Shoshone Range, Nevada. |
| LCCN | gs 65000303 |
| GPO item number | 0624 |
| Govt. docs number |
I 19.16:465/ |
