Petrology and mineral resources of the wind Mountain Laccolith, Cornudas Mountains, New Mexico and Texas

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-347

  McLemore, Virginia T ^a   Lueth, Virgil W ^a   Pease, Tim C ^a   Guilinger, James R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Addwest Minerals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline rocks; Cornudas Mountains; Nepheline syenite; New Mexico; Syenite; Texas; Wind Mountain laccolith

Indexed keywords

ALKALI IGNEOUS ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; SYENITE; WIND MOUNTAIN LACCOLITH; ZONATION;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CORNUDAS MOUNTAINS; USA, TEXAS, CORNUDAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029750065     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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