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Ore deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado / by Thomas S. Lovering, Ogden Tweto, and T.G. Lovering.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lovering, T. S. (Thomas Seward), 1896-1991, author.
- Lovering, T. G. (Tom Gray), 1921-1996, author.
- Tweto, Ogden, 1912-1983, author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1017.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1017
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ore deposits--Colorado--Eagle County.
- Ore deposits.
- Colorado--Eagle County.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 90 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1978.
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Investigation and reports
- Physical setting
- Geologic setting
- Regional features
- Stratigraphy
- Minturn and Belden Formations
- Pando Porphyry
- Pre-Belden unconformity
- Leadville Dolomite
- Gilman Sandstone
- Dyer Dolomite
- Parting Formation and Harding Sandstone
- Peerless Formaiton and Sawatch Quartzite
- Precambrian rocks
- Structure
- Low-angle and bedding faults
- High-angle faults
- Tongue faults
- Implications of fracture pattern
- Magnetics and gravity
- Distribution and types of ore deposits
- Mine workings
- Production and mining history
- Rock alteration
- Carbonate rocks
- Early dolomite
- Zebra rock and pearly dolomite
- Pink breccia
- Sanding and channeling
- Properties of dolomite rocks
- Black clay
- Jasperoid
- Karst silt
- Sawatch Quartzite
- Prado Porphyry
- Minerals and paragenesis of the ore deposits
- Early base-metal sulfide ores
- Pyrite
- Siderite
- Marcasite
- Sphalerite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Pyrrhotite
- Arsenopyrite
- Magnetite and hematite
- Kaolinite and dickite
- Apatite
- Barite
- Dolomite group
- Quartz
- Calcite
- Copper-silver and related ores
- Tetrahedrite and freibergite
- Pyrite III
- Argentite
- Hessite and Petzite
- Minor ore minerals
- Oxidized ores
- Lead minerals
- Silver minerals and gold
- Zinc minerals
- Manganese and iron oxides
- Sulfate minerals
- Ore deposits in dolomite rocks
- Manto ore bodies
- Chimney ore bodies
- Ore deposits at Red Cliff
- Structural varieties of ores
- Structure of mantos and chimneys
- Geologic controls of mantos and chimneys
- Ore deposits in Sawatch Quartzite
- General features
- Early pyrite deposits
- Sideritic ore
- Auriferous pyrite III
- Enriched sulfide ores
- Bleak House mine
- Rocky Point mine
- Percy Chester mine
- Ground Hog mine
- Champion mine
- Telluride deposits
- Veins in Precambrian rocks
- Ben Butler and adjoining mines
- Summary of hydrothermal history
- One mineralization episode of two?
- Age of mineralization
- Depth of mineralization
- Isotopic compositions of sulfur and lead
- Hydrothermal processes
- Dolomite stage
- Saline waters
- Temperature
- Timing and tectonic influence
- Early mineralization stage
- Late mineralization stage
- References cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed October 6, 2014).
- Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).
- "Study made in cooperation with the Colorado Mining Industrial Board."
- "Description of the ore deposits and geologic setting of a mining district that is the leading source of zinc in Colorado and an important source of silver, copper, lead, and gold."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lovering, T. S. (Thomas Seward), 1896-1991. Ore deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado.
- OCLC:
- 896810375
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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