Petrology, Structural Geology, and Significance of Mn-Andalusite from the Lower Ortega Quartzite, Tusas MTS., NM, USA

The Proterozoic syn-orogenic supra-crustal package exposed in the Tusas Mountain Range in northern New Mexico includes the anomalously thick, clean, ultramature Ortega Formation quartzite (Bauer and Williams, 1989). A unique Mn-bearing horizon spans the basal contact of the quartzite and contains Mn...

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Main Author: Price, Nancy A.
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2007
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2578
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3796&context=theses