Geology of the Cerro Gordo mining district, Inyo County, California
Professional Paper
408
By: Charles Warren Merriam
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Abstract
The Inyo Mountains near Cerro Gordo comprise strongly folded and faulted sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Ordovician to Middle Triassic. These were intruded by granitic bodies, aplite dikes, and by innumerable andesitic and dacitic dikes of later age. Though largely nonfoliated, the sedimentary rocks have undergone varying degrees of contact and hydrothermal metamorphism productive of hornfels, calc-hornfels, phyllite, and quartzite.
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Merriam, C.W., 1963, Geology of the Cerro Gordo mining district, Inyo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 408, iv, 83 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp408.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geology of the Cerro Gordo mining district, Inyo County, California |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 408 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp408 |
| Year Published | 1963 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | United States Government Printing Office |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Description | iv, 83 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | California;Nevada |
| County | Inyo County |
| Other Geospatial | Cerro Gordo Mining District |