| Abstract: | The West Shasta massive sulfide district is in the easternmost of a series of accreted island-arc and oceanic crust terranes that comprise the Klamath Mountains. A sequence of submarine volcanic rocks of predominantly Early Devonian age is the principal component of the island-arc terrane in which the sulfide deposits are hosted. The Copley Greenstone, consisting mainly of andesitic and basaltic pillow lavas and breccias totaling at least 1800 m in thickness, is the oldest rock unit in the sequence. It is overlain and also intruded by dikes of the Balaklala Rhyolite. Northeast of the West Shasta district, greenstone also overlies the Balaklala Rhyolite, suggesting that a major greenstone unit may overlie potentially mineralized rhyolite E of the district. However, recent studies have shown that the complex relations in that area can be explained by folding. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Albers, J. P.; Bain, J. H. C. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Economic Geology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Regional setting and new information on some critical geologic features of the West Shasta district, California ( USA).; 1985; Article; Journal; Economic Geology; Albers, J. P.; Bain, J. H. C. |
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| Citation Volume: | 80 |
| Citation Year: | 1985 |
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| Text: | Regional setting and new information on some critical geologic features of the West Shasta district, California ( USA).; 1985; Article; Journal; Economic Geology; Albers, J. P.; Bain, J. H. C. |
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| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00 -0600 |
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