Latitude: 32°1'31"N
Longitude: 105°30'55"W
Alkaline intrusion. Part of the Cornubas Mts./Diablo Plateau complex.
Wind Mountain was formed by a laccolith of porphyritic nepheline syenite that rises about 2,500 ft (762 m) above the surrounding Diablo Plateau (Holser, 1959). Dikes and sills of nepheline syenite and syenite cut the main mass of the laccolith. At least some of these dikes and sills contain thorium, uranium, and rare earth elements (REE) mineralization (McLemore, 1983). The alkaline dikes and sills reportedly also contain anomalous concentrations of beryllium (Be), niobium (Nb), lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), tin (Sn), zirconium (Zr), and fluorine (F, in fluorite).
References
- Barker & Hodges (1977)Geol. Soc. A. Bull., 88, 1428-1436.
- Boggs & Ghose (1985) Can. Min. 23, 1-4 (georgechaoite)
Ghose & Thakur (1985) Can. Min. 23, 5-10 (georgechaoite structure)
- DeMark (1989) Min. Rec. 34, 60
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 67
- McLemore (1996) Can. Min. 34, 335-347.
- USGS Open File report 2010-5220
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