A reconnaissance Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and K-Ar study of some host rocks and ore minerals in the West Shasta Cu- Zn district, California
Economic Geology
By: R. W. Kistler, E. H. McKee, K. Futa, Z. E. Peterman, and R. E. Zartman
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Abstract
The Copley Greenstone, Balaklala Rhyolite, and Mule Mountain stock in the West Shasta Cu-Zn district, California, have Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and K-Ar systematics that indicate they are a cogenetic suite of ensimatic island-arc rocks about 400 m.y. Pervasive alteration and mineralization of these rocks, for the most part, was syngenetic and the major component of the mineralizing fluid was Devonian seawater. K-Ar ages of quartz-sericite concentrates from ore horizons and Rb-Sr systematics of a few rock and ore specimens record a later thermal and mineralizing event in the district of about 260 m.y. Contamination of some rocks with pelagic sediments is indicated by the Sm-Nd data.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A reconnaissance Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and K-Ar study of some host rocks and ore minerals in the West Shasta Cu- Zn district, California |
| Series title | Economic Geology |
| DOI | 10.2113/gsecongeo.80.8.2128 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society of Economic Geologists |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 2128 |
| Last page | 2135 |
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