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Geochemical reconnaissance in the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills, Elko County, Nevada / by R.L. Erickson [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Erickson, Ralph Leroy, 1923- author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1198-E.
- Contributions to geochemical prospecting for minerals
- Geological Survey bulletin ; 1198-E
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geochemical prospecting--Nevada--Elko County.
- Geochemical prospecting.
- Zinc ores--Nevada--Elko County.
- Zinc ores.
- Lead ores--Nevada--Elko County.
- Lead ores.
- Mercury ores--Nevada--Elko County.
- Mercury ores.
- Nevada--Elko County.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 20 pages, 1 page of plates) : illustrations, map, charts
- Distribution:
- Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1966.
- Summary:
- Geochemical reconnaissance in the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills has shown that anomalously high concentrations of metals (chiefly zinc, lead, and mercury) occur in the iron-rich fracture-fillings and in small gossan pods in silicified dolomite and limestone. The strongest anomalies are detected in the Pequop Formation and Simonson Dolomite of Devonian age. Small white barite pods were detected in metamorphic rocks in the Wood Hills. The most successful method of geochemical reconnaissance was the analysis of float cobbles and pebbles collected in the major drainages. Conventional stream-sediment sampling and analysis failed to reveal any anomalous metal content except in drainage from the Spruce Mountains mining district at the south end of the Pequop Mountains.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed July 24, 2014).
- Additional title page description: "Discussion of anomalously high concentrations of zinc, lead, and mercury in the Guilmette Formation and Simonson Dolomite of Devonian age in the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 20).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Erickson, Ralph Leroy, 1923- Geochemical reconnaissance in the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills, Elko County, Nevada
- OCLC:
- 885121754
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