Rocky Mountain Section - 59th Annual Meeting (7–9 May 2007)

Session No. 18
Tuesday, 8 May 2007: 2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Precambrian Geology and Economic Geology

 

Mark R. Colberg, Chair
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2:00 PM
A GENERAL VIEW ABOUT THE LEVEL OF STUDY ON THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND ORE POTENTIAL OF ALBANIA UP TODAY
MILUSHI, Ibrahim1, KAVAJA, Vlladimir2, JATA, Idriz1, DEDNDREAJ, Pëllumb1 and DEDA, Tonin1, (1)GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALBANIA, GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, BLLOKU "VASIL SHANTO", Tirana, 00355, Albania, (2)Aluizni, Aluizni, Rr. "Muhamet Gjollesha", Tirana, 00355, Albania, ibrahimmilushi@yahoo.com, ibrahimmilushi@yahoo.com
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2:15 PM
A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE AGE AND TECTONIC AFFINITY OF BASEMENT ROCK IN THE BEAVER DAM MOUNTAINS, UTAH
NELSON, Stephen1, HART, Garret2, HAYDEN, Janice3 and HINTZE, Lehi1, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (2)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, 99164, (3)Mapping Program, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, stn@geology.byu.edu, stn@geology.byu.edu
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2:30 PM
EVIDENCE FOR SYNOROGENIC MANTLE-DRIVEN MAGMATISM AT ~1.7 GA, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
GONZALES, David A., GILBERT, Justin J. and WRIGHT, Patrick E., Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu
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2:45 PM
GRANITIC MAGMATISM AS A FLUID SOURCE FOR LODE GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE ATLANTIC CITY-SOUTH PASS CITY AREA, WYOMING
VAUGHN, Elizabeth S., Appalachian Resources LLC, P.O. Box 3810, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 and RIDLEY, John R., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, elizabethvaughn3@gmail.com, elizabethvaughn3@gmail.com
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3:00 PM
MN-ANDALUSITE HORIZON IN THE ORTEGA FM. QUARTZITE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROTEROZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE TUSAS MTS., NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
PRICE, Nancy A., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, nprice@geo.umass.edu, nprice@geo.umass.edu
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3:15 PM
PIERCING THE VEIL: PRE-1.8 GA METAMORPHISM IN THE MOJAVE PROVINCE, BEAVER DAM MOUNTAINS, UTAH
COLBERG, Mark R., Geoscience, Southern Utah University, 351 W. University Blvd, SC-309, Cedar City, UT 84720, colberg@suu.edu, colberg@suu.edu
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3:30 PM
THE CHEYENNE BELT LIES TO THE NORTH OF THE UINTA AXIS: EVIDENCE FROM THE RED CREEK QUARTZITE, OWIYUKUTS COMPLEX, AND FARMINGTON CANYON COMPLEX, UTAH
NELSON, Stephen1, HART, Garret2, HEIZLER, Matthew3, DORAIS, Michael1, GILLESPIE, Jeremy1 and PENNOCK, Michael1, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (2)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164, (3)New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801-4796, stn@geology.byu.edu, stn@geology.byu.edu