Alteration: Feld Spathification

Deposit: Area of alteration and iron staining in outcrop of lone mountain granite along fracture zone. Narrow dike with pink k-feldspar follows a portion of fracture zone. Limonite coatings on fractures, some limonite points in wall rock. Area could be altered lone mountain granite or could be part of another small intrusive body. Samples taken from area are slightly radioactive.

Rock formation(s): Lone Mountain Pluton

Ore(s): Fracture Zone

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Mineral List

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Orthoclase

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Granite

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ⓘ 'Limonite'

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi₃O₈)

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Orthoclase	9.FA.30	K(AlSi₃O₈)
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Limonite'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Orthoclase	K(AlSi₃O₈)
Al	Aluminium
Al	ⓘ Orthoclase	K(AlSi₃O₈)
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Orthoclase	K(AlSi₃O₈)
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Orthoclase	K(AlSi₃O₈)

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10047207

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North America Plate

Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift

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References

Albers, J. P. and Stewart, J. H., (1972), NBMG Bull 78

TINGLEY, J.V., (1979), FIELD EXAMINATION

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