Open AccessPetrographic description of calcite/opal samples collected on field trip of December 5-9, 1992. Special report No. 7
Author(s) -
C. A. Hill,
C.M. Schluter
Publication year - 1993
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/196575
Subject(s) - petrography , calcite , geology , yucca , field trip , mineralogy , geochemistry , botany , political science , law , biology
This study is part of the research program of the Yucca Mountain Project intended to provide the State of Nevada with a detailed analysis and assessment of the water-deposited minerals of Yucca Mountain and adjacent regions. Forty-three separate stops were made and 203 samples were collected during the five days of the field trip. This report describes petrographic observations made on the calcite/opal samples