- Usage in publication:
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- Maris rhyolite*
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Rhyolite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Type locality: Maris "pebble" mine, about 8 miles northeast of Manhattan Range, north Nye Co, south-central NV (p. 138). Consists of small dikes and irregular masses of brecciated rhyolite; crops out in belt 1 mile wide extending northwestward from north side of Salisbury Peak to the edge of Big Smokey Valley. Cuts Round Rock tuff and rhyolite and Bald Mountain lake beds. Fine-grained and pale pink to purple; inclusions of slate, limestone, and granite. Age is late Miocene or Pliocene.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Maris rhyoliteâ€
- Modifications:
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- Abandoned
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Intrusive rhyolite named Maris Rhyolite by Ferguson (1924) in Manhattan mining district is of same lithology and age as Oddie Rhyolite. Name Oddie Rhyolite is older and thus retained; name Maris Rhyolite is abandoned.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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