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Petrographic, Geochemical, and Geochronologic Data for Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts, Nevada

Data Series 1099
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1099

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  • Document: Report (8.81 MB pdf)
  • Appendixes:
    • Appendix 1. (288 kB xlsx) Status and Treatment of Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
    • Appendix 2. (240 kB xlsx) Petrographic Data for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
    • Appendix 3. (472 kB xlsx) Geochemical Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
    • Appendix 4. (864 kB xlsx) 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Denver, Colorado
    • Appendix 5. (24 kB xlsx) Summary of New 40Ar/39Ar Age Determinations for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Denver, Colorado
    • Appendix 6. (32 kB xlsx) 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Goldfield Mining District Obtained in the New Mexico Geochronological Research Laboratory
    • Appendix 7. (24 kB xlsx) 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Goldfield Mining District Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Menlo Park, California
    • Appendix 8. (32 kB xlsx) Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) Zircon U-Pb Geochronologic Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
    • Appendix 9. (36 kB xlsx) Laser Ablation ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Geochronologic Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
    • Appendix 10. (28 kB xlsx) Results of Point Counts for Samples of the Fraction Tuff and Heller Tuff from the Tonopah and Divide Mining Districts
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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to summarize geochemical, petrographic, and geochronologic data for samples, principally those of unmineralized Tertiary volcanic rocks, from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield mining districts of west-central Nevada (fig. 1). Much of the data presented here for the Tonopah and Divide districts are for samples collected by Bonham and Garside (1979) during geologic mapping in and around those districts, whereas much of that for samples from the Goldfield district were obtained by Ashley (1974; 1979; 1990a). Additional data were derived from samples collected between 2012–2015, as part of the Mineral Resources Program funded project titled: “Magmatic-tectonic history and component sources of major precious metal deposits in the southern Walker Lane”. A small amount of additional geochemical data for samples from each of the districts were compiled from other sources. Individual sample collectors are identified by appropriate entries in the “Collector” field (appendix 1) and published sources of geochemical data are defined by entries in the “Chem_Src” data field (appendix 1).

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du Bray, E.A., John, D.A., Vikre, P.G., Colgan, J.P., Cosca, M.A., Morgan, L.E., Fleck, R.J., Premo, W.R., and Holm-Denoma, C.S., 2019, Petrographic, geochemical, and geochronologic data for Cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield mining districts, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1099, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1099.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Analytical Methods
  • Data Fields
  • References Cited
  • Appendix 1. Status and Treatment of Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
  • Appendix 2. Petrographic Data for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
  • Appendix 3. Geochemical Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
  • Appendix 4. 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Denver, Colorado
  • Appendix 5. Summary of New 40Ar/39Ar Age Determinations for Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Denver, Colorado
  • Appendix 6. 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Goldfield Mining District Obtained in the New Mexico Geochronological Research Laboratory
  • Appendix 7. 40Ar/39Ar Geochronologic Data for Samples from the Goldfield Mining District Obtained in the U.S. Geological Survey 40Ar/39Ar Laboratory in Menlo Park, California
  • Appendix 8. Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) Zircon U-Pb Geochronologic Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
  • Appendix 9. Laser Ablation ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Geochronologic Data for Rock Samples from the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts
  • Appendix 10. Results of Point Counts for Samples of the Fraction Tuff and Heller Tuff from the Tonopah and Divide Mining Districts
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Petrographic, geochemical, and geochronologic data for cenozoic volcanic rocks of the Tonopah, Divide, and Goldfield Mining Districts, Nevada
Series title Data Series
Series number 1099
DOI 10.3133/ds1099
Year Published 2019
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center
Description Report: vi, 15 p.; 10 Appendixes
Country United States
State California, Nevada
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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