First Advisor

Marvin Beeson

Date of Publication

11-15-1976

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Earth Science

Department

Earth Science

Language

English

Subjects

Chlorine, Batholiths -- Idaho, Batholiths, Chlorine, Idaho

DOI

10.15760/etd.2607

Physical Description

1 online resource; 2, v, 82 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm ; digitized manuscript

Abstract

The expected concentration of chlorine in the biotite fraction was not found. The chlorine was not significantly water leachable from the whole rock samples following normal grinding. The Idaho Batholith as a source for mineralizing chlorine was not established.

The chlorine distribution supports, but does not prove, a metamorphic origin for the Idaho Batholith. Cretaceous and possibly tertiary thermal events may have homogenized the chlorine in the batholith. Since chlorine seems to be so widely available in source rocks, a better way to correlate its presence to mineralization would be to study the residual chlorine from the ore deposition process.

Rights

In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16394

Download

Share

COinS