One of the options for creating a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) is a site in the Mt. Stuart batholith, a granodiorite and tonalite rock mass in the Cascade mountain range in Washington State. The batholith’s 100-year history in hard-rock tunneling includes the construction of the longest and deepest tunnels in the U.S., the parallel Cascade and Pioneer tunnels. The...

[1] We report on frictional properties of rocks within the 3-D crustal volume surrounding the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). Samples include lithologies adjacent to the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in the subsurface, SAFOD borehole rocks, and synthetic fault gouge composed of talc, serpentinite, and quartz. Granodiorite, arkosic sandstone, and siltstone samples from the SAFOD boreho...

Weathering on mountain slopes converts rock to sediment that erodes into channels and thus provides streams with tools for incision into bedrock. Both the size and flux of sediment from slopes can influence channel incision, making sediment production and erosion central to the interplay of climate and tectonics in landscape evolution. Although erosion rates are commonly measured using cosmogen...

hired is a large gold prospecting area which is located in south khorasan province, in the east of iran. gold mineralization is found in 4 target areas covering about 24 km2. the host rocks are mainly tertiary volcanics, some jurassic and cretaceous sediments. sub-volcanic rocks are of magnetite series (gabbros to diorite) and ilmenite series (granite-granodiorite-monzonite) which have intruded...

the role of some ring structures in the distribution of porphyry copper deposits in south kerman porphyry copper belt is discussed. in the study area, ring structures are circular or elliptical shaped features which are partly recognized on satellite images. in this study, landsat multispectral images were used to identify ring structures in the area. the rudimentary identification stages of th...

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Abstract Many porphyry molybdenum deposits are hosted in multi-phase plutons, but it is unclear some how these magmas originated and whether the pluton intruded as fractionated or was by new batches of magma. New mapping has clarified field relationships between units White Pine Mo system Little Cottonwood stock, Utah (western United States), including intrusion, Red porphyry, rhyolite dikes, p...