Contact metamorphism at Rye Patch, Nevada

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Research Article| August 01, 1944 Contact metamorphism at Rye Patch, Nevada CHARLES J. VITALIANO CHARLES J. VITALIANO Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GSA Bulletin (1944) 55 (8): 921–950. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-55-921 Article history received: 07 Jul 1943 first online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation CHARLES J. VITALIANO; Contact metamorphism at Rye Patch, Nevada. GSA Bulletin 1944;; 55 (8): 921–950. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-55-921 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract In the Rye Patch area in the west-central part of the Humboldt Range, Nevada, Triassic (?) limestones interbedded with silty layers have been intruded by igneous rocks, the principal type being a quartz monzonite. The quartz monzonite is surrounded on the north, east, and south by an aureole of contact metamorphism. On the western side faulting has cut the intrusion so that any metamorphic rocks which may have been formed are not seen at the surface. A long narrow contact zone east of the aureole extends northward a considerable distance.Metamorphic changes range from recrystallization of limestone to complete replacement by contact silicates. The contact-metamorphic minerals include garnet, diopside, epidote, clinozoisite, idocrase, tremolite, recrystallized calcite, quartz, and minor scheelite.The sediments are deformed by the intrusion into a small northerly trending arch. Aplite dikes and quartz veins appear related to the arching and also to the formation of scheelite. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.