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Petrology, Structural Geology, And Significance Of Mn-Andalusite From The Lower Ortega Quartzite, Tusas Mts., Nm, Usa, Nancy A. Price
Petrology, Structural Geology, And Significance Of Mn-Andalusite From The Lower Ortega Quartzite, Tusas Mts., Nm, Usa, Nancy A. Price
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
The Proterozoic syn-orogenic supra-crustal package exposed in the Tusas Mountain Range in northern New Mexico includes the anomalously thick, clean, ultramature Ortega Formation quartzite (Bauer and Williams, 1989). A unique Mn-bearing horizon spans the basal contact of the quartzite and contains Mn-andalusite, quartz, hematite, rutile, zircon, monazite, phyllosilicates, and locally kyanite and gahnite in intermittent aluminous, hematite-bearing layers, on the surface of cross-beds, concentrated in high strain zones, and on cleavage planes. Large-scale Mn zoning in Mn-andalusite results from a decrease in Mn content away from localized Mn highs (XMn of up to 0.76) that commonly correspond with the location …