Geology of the Buckingham stockwork molybdenum deposit and surrounding area, Lander County, Nevada
By: by Ted G. Theodore ... [et al.]. With a section on potassium-argon and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of selected plutons in the Buckingham area / by Edwin H. McKee, and: a section on economic geology / by Thomas A. Loucks and Craig A. Johnson, and: a section on supergene copper depogots at Copper Basin / by David W. Blake, and: a section on mineral chemistry of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary skarns / by Jane M. Hammarstrom.
Contributors: Theodore, Ted G.
Series: Geochemistry of the porphyry copper environment in the Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada; U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ;; 798-D; Geological Survey professional paper ;; 798-D.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section, U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Geochemistry -- Nevada -- Lander Co.; Molybdenum ores -- Nevada -- Lander Co.; Geology -- Nevada -- Lander Co.
Description: Additional title page description: The Buckingham stockwork molybdenum deposit, a Late Cretaceous calc-alkaline system, is estimated to contain more than 1,000 million tons of mineralized rock averaging 0.10 weight percent Mo (MoS2) and containing small amounts of silver, tungsten, copper, and gold.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-307).
Two maps on folded leaves in pocket.