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Chemical data and variation diagrams of igneous rocks from the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex, southern Nevada

Open-File Report 77-724
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77724

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Abstract

Silica variation diagrams presented here are based on 162 chemical analyses of tuffs, lavas, and intrusives, representative of volcanic centers of the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex and cogenetic rocks of the Silent Canyon ca1dera. Most of the volcanic units sampled are shown on the U.S. Geological Survey geologic map of the Timber Mountain caldera area (I-891) and are described in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 919. Early effusives of the complex, although slightly altered, are probably chemically, and petrographically, more like the calc-alkalic Fraction Tuff (Miocene) of the northern Nellis Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range to the north, whereas effusives of later Miocene age, such as the Paintbrush and Timber Mountain Tuffs, are alkali-calcic.

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Quinlivan, W.D., Byers, F., 1977, Chemical data and variation diagrams of igneous rocks from the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex, southern Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-724, Report: ii, 9 p.; 14 Plates: 22.00 × 23.00 inches or smaller, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77724.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Chemical data and variation diagrams of igneous rocks from the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex, southern Nevada
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 77-724
DOI 10.3133/ofr77724
Year Published 1977
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: ii, 9 p.; 14 Plates: 22.00 × 23.00 inches or smaller
Country United States
State Nevada
Other Geospatial Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley Caldera Complex
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