scholarly journals Stratigraphy, tephrochronology, and structural setting of Miocene sedimentary rocks in the Cobble Cuesta area, west-central Nevada

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Stewart ◽  
A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki ◽  
C.E. Meyer ◽  
Elmira Wan
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Structural Setting ◽  
West Central

Stratigraphy, tephrochronology, and structural setting of Miocene sedimentary rocks in the Middlegate age, west-central Nevada

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Stewart ◽  
A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki ◽  
C.E. Meyer ◽  
S.W. Starratt ◽  
Elmira Wan
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Structural Setting ◽  
West Central

Geology of the Izok Massive Sulfide Deposit, Nunavut Territory, Canada

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN R. MORRISON
Keyword(s):  
Hanging Wall ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Massive Sulfide ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Sulfide Deposit ◽  
Massive Sulfide Deposit ◽  
West Central ◽  
Nunavut Territory

Abstract The Izok Zn-Cu-Pb-Ag volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit is located 265 km south of Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Nunavut Territory, Canada, in the west-central Slave structural province. The Izok deposit is owned 100% by Inmet Mining Corporation and represents one of the largest undeveloped zinc-copper resources in North America. The Izok deposit is hosted within and near the top of a thick sequence of predominantly felsic pyroclastic rocks of late Archean age. The hanging-wall stratigraphy includes additional felsic volcaniclastic rocks, andesitic and basaltic flows, thin sulfide-rich iron formations, and turbiditic sedimentary rocks. The felsic volcanic rocks are intruded by intermediate dikes and sills, followed by gabbroic dikes and sills. Both intrusive suites are interpreted to be volcanic feeders to the overlying flows. All lithologies are subsequently cut by younger, irregular, granitic pegmatite and diabase dikes. The volcanic and sedimentary rocks are regionally metamorphosed to pyroxene hornfels grade. The massive sulfides occur within a large (kilometer-scale) Na-depleted sericitic alteration zone. The immediate footwall and hanging-wall rocks to the deposit are characterized by zones of muscovite-biotite-sillimanite, lesser chlorite-biotite-cordierite, and locally intense silicification and sodium metasomatism. All lithologies have been affected by younger Ca-metasomatism. As currently defined, the Izok deposit comprises a cluster of five complexly zoned composite lenses: the Northwest, North, Central West, Central East, and Inukshuk lenses. The first four lenses are amenable to open-pit mining, whereas the Inukshuk lens will require underground development. The total indicated mineral resource presently stands at 16.5 million tonnes with a grade of 2.2% Cu, 11.4% Zn, 1.1% Pb, and 60 g/t Ag. Inmet Mining Corporation is presently reviewing the economic feasibility of developing the property.

scholarly journals Sedimentary and structural setting of the Aptian reservoir deposits in the Kasserine area, west-central Tunisia

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Khaled Lazzez ◽  
Marzouk Lazzez ◽  
Moez Ben Fadhel ◽  
Ramla Ben Rabah ◽  
Taher Zouaghi
Keyword(s):  
Central Tunisia ◽  
Structural Setting ◽  
West Central ◽  
Reservoir Deposits

Direct Observation of Crystalline Ordering In Naturally Graphitized Carbon Produced by Low Grade Metamorphism

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 162-163
Author(s):  
Thomas R. McKee ◽  
Peter R. Buseck
Keyword(s):  
Crystallite Size ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Carbonaceous Material ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Graphitized Carbon ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Commercial Carbon ◽  
Metamorphic Zone

Sediments commonly contain organic material which appears as refractory carbonaceous material in metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Grew and others have shown that relative carbon content, crystallite size, X-ray crystallinity and development of well-ordered graphite crystal structure of the carbonaceous material increases with increasing metamorphic grade. The graphitization process is irreversible and appears to be continous from the amorphous to the completely graphitized stage. The most dramatic chemical and crystallographic changes take place within the chlorite metamorphic zone.The detailed X-ray investigation of crystallite size and crystalline ordering is complex and can best be investigated by other means such as high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The natural graphitization series is similar to that for heat-treated commercial carbon blacks, which have been successfully studied by HRTEM (Ban and others).

Stabilizing pyritic material

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 244-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald L. Wolberg
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Organic Materials ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Iron Sulfides ◽  
Decomposition Products ◽  
Iron Minerals ◽  
Pyrite Formation ◽  
Organic Sediments ◽  
Freshwater Environments

The minerals pyrite and marcasite (broadly termed pyritic minerals) are iron sulfides that are common if not ubiquitous in sedimentary rocks, especially in association with organic materials (Berner, 1970). In most marine sedimentary associations, pyrite and marcasite are associated with organic sediments rich in dissolved sulfate and iron minerals. Because of the rapid consumption of sulfate in freshwater environments, however, pyrite formation is more restricted in nonmarine sediments (Berner, 1983). The origin of the sulfur in nonmarine environments must lie within pre-existing rocks or volcanic detritus; a relatively small, but significant contribution may derive from plant and animal decomposition products.

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