Geology of the Palo Verde Ranch Area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona

Geology of the Palo Verde Ranch Area, Owl Head Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona

A quartz diorite intrusion of probable early Tertiary age that crops out over at least 6 square miles in the Palo Verde Ranch area in Pinal County, Arizona was mapped as a distinct intrusion. The quartz diorite intrudes an area comprising Pinal Schist, Oracle granite, andesitic flows, granoaplite, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Applebaum, Steven
Other Authors: Guilbert, John M.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1975
Subjects:
alteration
andesites
Arizona
bornite
carbonates
Cenozoic
chalcocite
chalcopyrite
chemical composition
Chief Buttes
chrysocolla
clay minerals
composition
copper
diabase
diorites
distribution
granites
granoaplite
igneous rocks
intrusions
lava flows
malachite
metals
mineral composition
mineralization
occurrence
Owl Head Buttes
Owl Head District
Palo Verde Ranch
petrology
Pinal County Arizona
Pinal Schist
plutonic rocks
quartz diorites
sheet silicates
silicates
sulfides
Tertiary
United States
volcanic
volcanic rocks
Geology > Arizona > Pinal County
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/231431

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