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Sillimanite from
Kilbourne Hole, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA


Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kilbourne Hole, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:125468
Long-form Identifier:1:3:125468:6
GUID (UUID V4):2cc04f95-1420-46e7-98f7-8008dba96702
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of K-feldspar in crustal xenoliths at Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico Eoweno S. Gnpw Departmmt of Earth and...xenoliths of quartzofeldspathic gneiss at Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico, is sanidine, commonly microperthitic...quartzofeldspathic xenoliths. Introduction bourne Hole, and discussthe evidencerelating to the origin ef...basalt at The crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole have Kilbourne Hole, a maar in the Rio Grande rift described...anorthosite in the lower third of the clase, garnet, sillimanite, rutile, ilmenite, graphite, earth's crust (Padovani
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
seismic velocity of the lower crust of southern New Mexico, U.S.A. M a r y R. R e i d a , . , S t a n l...erupted at Kilbourne Hole maar were recently extracted from the lower crust of southern New Mexico. Garnet-...Garnet- and sillimanite-bearing quartzofeldspathic xenoliths had pelitic protoliths and were probably emplaced...lower Proterozoic subduction zone. Thus the Kilbourne Hole metapelitic xenoliths illustrate the potential...P-wave velocities for metapelitic xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole are - 7 km/s at 6 kbar, like those of mafic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orogenic dacites from Baja California, northwestern Mexico, and adjacent west Texas: evidence for the predominance...95064, USA 2 School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA Abstract...mid- to late Cenozoic magmatic arc of northwestern Mexico and adjacent west Texas. These rocks have remarkably...extend from Baja California across northwestern Mexico into west Texas (Fig. 1). In typical island arc...L. Cameron (Fig. 1) on the western mainland of Mexico, approximately 90% of the mid-Cenozoic rocks are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SISSON,’ and M. R. REID’ Houston, Texas 7725l-1892, USA %epartment of Earth and Space Sciences, University...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA ‘Keith-Weir GeologicalLaboratories,Rice University, (Received...Scotland, and from xenohth suites in the western USA. Averages for the terranes (2.5 ppm) and for xenoliths...dominant hosts for B, and associated sapphirine and sillimanite may also contain significant amounts of B (GREW...Snake River Plain (Idaho) and Kilbourne Hole (New Mexico) in the western USA. A wide range of lithologies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geronimo Volcanic Field (GVF), southeastern Arizona, USA. The range of compositions and mineral assemblages...suggest that the lower crust beneath the southwestern USA is markedly heterogeneous and more mafic than most...cumulates). The geologic evolution of the western USA includes a long history of subduction, extension...Geronimo Volcanic Field of southeastern Arizona, USA. GEOLOGIC SETI-ING Within the Cenozoic basaltic volcanics...tuff deposits of the GVF of southeastern Arizona, USA (Fig. 1). The Geronimo volcanics erupted within the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages812-817, 1989 The hydrous componentof sillimanite ANroN Brn-LNo* Gnoncn R. RossvreN Division of...Ansrnlcr Polarized infrared spectra of a suite of sillimanite samplesfrom high-grade regionally metamorphosedrocks...hydroxyl is the dominant hydrous speciesbound in sillimanite. Absorption bands at 3556, 3329, 3300, and 3248...a viable explanation for OH incorporation in sillimanite. ExpnnrvrnNTAl DETAILS The sillimanites listed...metamorphosed rocks and associated AlrSiO, polymorphs. Sillimanite analysesindicate up to quartz veins and pegmatites
Report (issue)
assemblages in a suite of xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico . 25 Edward L. Dromgoole and Jill D...related rocks from Westland and Otago, South Island, New Zealand . Barbara A. Barreiro and Alan F. Cooper...A note on newly discovered kimberlites in Riley County, Kansas William L. Mansker, Bill D. Richards, and...petrography of the Twin Knobs ttl lamproite, Pike County, Arkansas . 205 Michael A. Waldman, Tom E. McCandless...Potash Sulfur Springs igneous complex, Garland County, Arkansas Robert E. Zartman and J. Michael Howard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Armalcolite in crustal paragneiss xenoliths, central Mexico Joorr L. Havor,* Enrc J. EssnNn Department of Geological...Aluminous armalcolite has been found in two sillimanite-bearing xenoliths that were recently exhumed...exhumed from the lower crust of central Mexico. The rangesof compositions are (Fefr.jr_ouuMgo,r_orrAlo,r_o,rV3tu_o...two crustal xenoliths of paragneissfrom central Mexico (cf. Hayob et al., 1989).The Mexican occurrence...containsapproximately 80 molo/oFeTirO, from a lamprophyre dike in New Hampshire. Armalcolite was also found by Cameron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
94720, USA, and Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA b Earth...Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N M 87545, USA Received March 3, 1992; revision accepted February...Corners region of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico (Fig. 1). Samples for this study came from four...[21,22]. Granulite facies metapelites from Kilbourne Hole maar, located in the southern Rio Grande rift...additions to the lower crust, are reported from Kilbourne Hole [23,24], but have not been extensively investigated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
37235, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 3 Research...Department of Geosciences, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA (Received 4 January 1993; revised typescript accepted...Earth and Environmental Sciences, Troy, New York 12180, USA. Fax: 518-276-8627; email: hanchj@rpi.edu...Lower-crustal xenoliths of the southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico Most known lower-crustal xenolith occurrences...Exceptions to this generalization include Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico, where paragneiss is the dominant lithology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrogen reservoir contained in the "anhydrous" phases. New and revised values for the amount of H20 in anhydrous...California Institute of Technology,Pasadena, CA 91125, USA, GRR@arms.gps.caltech.edu ionizing radiation is...hedenbergite omphacite quartz rutile sellaite sillimanite titanite zircon 4 ' I T H20-containing beryl...Sanidine Sillimanite Zircon Caithness, Scotland Minas Gerais, Brazil Bombay, India Kilbourne Hole, NM Kilbourne...Botswana Kaalvallei, S Africa Pala, San Diego, County, CA Mt Somma, Italy Brazil Jagersfontein, S Africa
Book
Bishop's Lodge, Santa Fe, October 3-7, 1977 New Mexico ( J ■•A- V\ f I ' , A. DIAMONDIFEROUS...application on samples devoid of mica. Rb-Sr ages. New Rb-Sr age measurements are listed below. Other data...measurements are still in progress, for which reason the new data may be subject to minor rev¬ ision. A value...carbonates in kimberlites and limestones from Riley County, Kansas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2...present Canberra, Space Center, and northern Mexico. other Cainozoic basalt dary A.N.U., a number
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA ABSTRACT Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) granulite metamorphism...Qtz—quartz, Jd—jadeite, Ab—albite, Ky—kyanite, Sill—sillimanite. the Himalayas (Leech et al., 2005) and coesitebearing...coesitebearing eclogite of Pliocene age in eastern Papua New Guinea (Baldwin et al., 2005), where the minimum...xenoliths retrieved from Neogene volcanoes in central Mexico (Hayob et al., 1989) and at El Joyazo in southeast...processes in garnet granulite xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, Rio Grande Rift, suggests contemporary UHT
Book
Physics Plenum Publishing Corporation London and New York C Mathematical Kluwer Academic Publishers...Cell Biology Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo Series C: Mathematical...to the Galaxy. Breakdown of orthopyroxene + sillimanite to an assemblage of sapphirine + cordierite in...Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of New England, Annidale NSW 2351, AUSTRALIA. 2 N.T. ARNDT...BELGIUM. 7 P. BLATTNER, New Zealand Geological Survey, P.O. box 30368, Lower Hutt, NEW ZEALAND. 8 S.R. BOHLEN
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are some fibrous crystals interpreted as being sillimanite pseudomorphs after kyanite, small subhedral magnetities...to be of metasedimentary origin, from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico. They obtained a similar U content (240...the Pb-loss processes involved crystallisation of new zircon during Carboniferous volcanism. This is endorsed...Age of zircon from a crustal xenolith, Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico. CARNEGIE INST WASHINGTON YEARB 77, 897-8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massif (Spain). We PT present the finding of three new xenolith types: noritic andesine meta-anorthosites...antiperthitic plagioclase (oligoclase-andesine), quartz, sillimanite, garnet, rutile and biotite conform the mineral...occurrence of perthitic microcline and the lack of sillimanite and biotite. The presence of significant fabrics...present new data on the geochemistry, microstructure, petrofabric and geochronology of three new types...(NewWave Research, -6- ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Fremont, USA) coupled to a Thermo Fisher Scientific iCAP Qc quadrupole
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the Taos Plateau Volcanic Field, Northern New Mexico: 3. Petrology and Geochemistry of Andesite and...G A N S2S Plateau volcanic field, northern New Mexico, in terms of mixing parental basalt with cogenetic...located within the San Luis valley in north-central New Mexico, is a large and typically diverse volcanic field...extending from east-central Arizona to northeast New Mexico (Fig. 1). Along the Jemez Lineament, basaltic...fields along the Jemez Lineament in northern New Mexico. Downloaded from http://petrology.oxfordjournals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals, such as feldspars, nepheline, garnets, sillimanite (and other aluminosilicates), rutile and zircon...mantle wedge xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole (New Mexico), Washington State and Mexico, Peslier et al. (2002)...xenoliths (black diamond) from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico; Washington State and Mexico (Peslier et al., 2002;...subduction zones: an example from Simcoe, Washington, USA. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 60, 1739–1749. Chen, D...rate in diopsides from the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Am. Mineral., 87, 899–908. Jordan, T.H. (1978):
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Laboratories, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251 - 1892, USA Received April 10, 1991; revision accepted April...Laboratories, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892, USA. Cs, B, Pb, B a an d U a n d d e p l e t i o n s...xeflolith (nodte) 16 Southern Norway 17 Kilbourna Hole mnalith 18 Lewlsian (g~nulite) 19 a v e r ~ mdcgratlulite...(khond~i~) 35 SRP xecolilb (fal'Jc) 36 Kllbourne Hole xBnolith (falsle) 37 Soulhem Norway 38 L~ialan (granulite)...of the most strongly altered basalts (from DSDP Hole 417A) contain up to 130 ppm B [27], and even more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
abundant Hercynian granitoids of the region [8]. The new data presented here can be used to constrain the...8 200-400 mesh anion exchange resin; completely new columns were prepared for each sample in order to... the Bearpaw Mountains and the Basin and Range (USA), where 8180 values generally fall between +6.2 and...similar in O isotope composition to those from Kilbourne Hole (USA) [30] and North Hessia (Germany) [29] which...granulite xenoliths from the Geronimo Volcanic Field (USA) [4], where trends to decreasing 207pb/204Pb with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
adjacent Mabel Creek Ridge region, garnet + sillimanite + biotite + rutile-bearing metapelites record...Ma for one (drill hole AMPB-3), and ca. 1580 and ca. 1560 Ma for the other (drill hole AMPB-1; Payne et...the Coober Pedy Ridge have been sampled via drill hole DD87LR2 (GDA94 E:464629, N:6765932, zone 53), which...as representative of the metapelite in the drill hole. Sample 650673 contains garnet, cordierite, K-feldspar...plagioclase, and rare biotite, ilmenite and sillimanite (Fig. 4a). The sample is chemically and mineralogically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gneisses is biotite–plagioclase–K-feldspar–quartz ± sillimanite ± garnet with minor secondary muscovite and accessory...garnet-bearing granulite facies xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico (Scherer et al. 1997). If the lower crust...plutonic rocks of the northern Appalachian mountains, USA and Canada: a geochemical method of terrane correlation...(ed) Rare earth element geochemistry. Elsevier, New York, pp 63–114 Brandt S, Will TM, Klemd R (2007)...PT paths of sapphirine-bearing orthopyroxene-sillimanite gneisses from the Proterozoic Epupa Complex,
Report (issue)
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources A DIVISION OF NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY...TECHNOLOGY Field guide to geologic excursions in New Mexico and adjacent areas of Texas and Colorado Prepared...South-Central Sections Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 21-24 April 1991 Edited by Betsy Julian' and...79968; 'New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, New Mexico 87801 SOCORRO 1991 NEW MEXICO...MINING & TECHNOLOGY Laurence H. Lattman, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES Frank E.
Book (chapter)
components. Here we will apply that knowledge and add new knowledge from melting natural rocks in deciphering...observation on actual mantle xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico, USA. Both Ringwood’s and Carter’s model...Lherzolite Melting 155 refers to the case where new mineral forms and cryptic metasomatism refers to...to the elemental enrichment process in which new minerals do not form. Tholeiitic picrite alkali picrite...composed of garnet and clinopyroxene. Kyanite, sillimanite, ilmenite, and other rare very high-pressure
 
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