Rutile in Precambrian sillimanite-quartz gneiss and related rocks, east-central Front Range, Colorado
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The seven perspective diagrams on this sheet show the distribution patterns of silver, lanthanum, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium, yttrium, and zinc in stream sediments in the Nabesna quadrangle. The diagrams portray the distribution and abundance of the elements and their relation to some of the geologic units (Richter, 1975) in easy-to-visualize, 3-dimensional perspective.
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Disseminated rutile and major amounts of topaz have been identified in Precambrian topaz-quartz gneiss northwest of Evergreen, Colo. The rutile occurs in quartz-topaz-sillimanite gneiss that forms a stratigraphic unit which is 11 to 100 feet thick and is identified along strike for more than 7,000 feet. Three composite chip samples taken across this unit contain 2.2 to 4.2 percent of rutile, by weight, in grains averaging from 0.1 to 0.3 millimeter in size. The topaz content, by weight, in the same samples ranges from 23 to 67 percent.