Geology of Bullfrog Quadrangle and ore deposits related to Bullfrog Hills Caldera, Nye County, Nevada and Inyo County, California /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cornwall, Henry R. (Henry Rowland), 1913-, Kleinhampl, Frank J. (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1964.
Series:Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 454-J.
Shorter contributions to general geology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Precambrian rocks
  • Paleozoic rocks
  • Daylight Formation
  • Age and correlation
  • Corkscrew Quartzite
  • Age and correlation
  • Carrara Formation
  • Nopah Formation
  • Pogonip Group
  • Eureka Quartzite
  • Ely Springs Dolomite
  • Roberts Mountains Formation
  • Lone Mountain Dolomite
  • Other Paleozoic rocks
  • Cenozoic rocks and volcanism
  • Monolithologic breccia
  • Titus Canyon Formation of Stock and Bode (1935)
  • Bullfrog Hills caldera and associated rocks
  • Description of the volcanic rocks
  • Ash flows
  • Air-fall tuffs
  • Rhyolite flows and intrusives
  • Basalt flows and intrusives
  • Latite flows and intrusives
  • Chemical composition of the rocks
  • Older gravels
  • Recent alluvium
  • Structure
  • Tectonic deformation
  • Relation to Walker Lane and Las Vegas Valley shear zone
  • Basin-range faulting
  • Volcanic deformation
  • Ore deposits associated with the caldera
  • Flurospar
  • Daisy mine
  • Geologic setting
  • Structure of the ore deposit
  • Nature of the ore
  • Production
  • Origin of the deposit
  • Gold
  • Origin of the deposits
  • Bentonite
  • Quicksilver
  • Pumicite
  • Perlite
  • References cited.