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Conglomerate from
Cornwallis Peninsula, Manukau Harbour, Auckland Region, New Zealand


Locality type:Peninsula
Classification
Type:Conglomerate
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Conglomerate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cornwallis Peninsula, Manukau Harbour, Auckland Region, New Zealand
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1238733
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1238733:7
GUID (UUID V4):d08758d6-40b3-44a5-9898-7bb2bbb6a49e
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consist of a 200- to 800-m-thick sequence of conglomerate, limestone, marine clastic sedimentary rocks...middle portion of the belt, a distinctive pebble conglomerate marks the base of the section and is indicative...the Taupo volcanic zone of the North Island, New Zealand. 1997, 1999; Newberry et al., 1997). These deposits...Chugach terrane YOUNG BAY Juneau MANSFIELD PENINSULA 23 22 SWAN ISLAND 133 58 58 137 21 GREENS...Numbered locations: 1 = Crab Bay, 2 = Sylburn peninsula, 3 = Bostwick Inlet, 4 = Round Point, 5 = Frenchie
Report (volume)
____.... Burnt Island Conglomerate.________________________________ Cornwallis Limestone___-_-______...crop out extensively on Kuiu Island and include two new formations: the Bay of Pillars Formation, composed...of massive limestone that contains sporadic conglomerate and thin-bedded limestone. An unnamed unit of...probable Mississippian age. The Saginaw Bay Formation (new), of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian age, crops out...member. Permian units comprise the Halleck Formation (new), the Cannery Formation, and the Pybus Formation
Report (volume)
northeast shore of Cornwallis Peninsula, about 2}_ miles southeast of Cornwallis Point.-.______---.____...Witherite deposits on the northeast shore of the Cornwallis Peninsula __ ___________________________________________...Witherite deposits on the northeast shore of the Cornwallis Peninsula Continued Veins _-_^__--______^__________________...northeast shore of Cornwallis Peninsula, about 2}_ miles southeast of Cornwallis Point._________ . -...Hyder district was the only active mine in the region except for a little mining and prospecting by a
Report (issue)
without modification, except for the inclusion of some new lithologic, paleontologic, and interpretative information...comprehensive description and synthesis available for the region (Buddington and Chapin, 1929). DESCRIPTION OF...sorted, well-bedded brown- to gray-weathering conglomerate, pebbly sandstone, sandstone and minor siltstone...deposited in fluvial or beach environment. Quarry on peninsula in Kah Sheets Bay exposes polymitic glacial till...Subordinate weathered intraformational pebble conglomerate and locally overlying breccia suggest alteration
Report (volume)
______ Conglomerate. _________________________________________ Intraformational conglomerate.------.--...conglomerate__-___-_-_____---_-_-___---_ Limestone and conglomerate._______-___-______-__-___.---- 74 74 74 75...______-_______ Basal conglomerate and sandstone.___________________ Conglomerate of lava cobbles and rhyolitic...B, Elevated wave-cut bench in limestone, Cornwallis Peninsula, Kuiu Island...___________________ 30 15...Calder, Prince of Wales Island; B, Silurian conglomerate, Kuiu Island_______________________________
Report (issue)
and geophysical studies (cited below) done in the region by the Alaskan Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey...(Paleogene)-Nonmarine arkosic sandstone, sandstone, shale, and conglomerate. Medium- to very thick-bedded; locally cross-bedded;...coarse-grained lithic feldspathic quartz arenite; conglomerate contains clasts up to 10 cm of granitic rock...beds preserved; includes minor metapolymictic conglomerate with 3-30 cm diameter rounded cobbles of volcanic...Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Hornfels-Metapolymictic conglomerate and agglomerate with 3 to 50 cm diameter subrounded
Report (issue)
(Paleogene)-Nonmarine arkosic sandstone, sandstone, shale, and conglomerate Medium- to very thick-bedded; locally cross-bedded...coarse-grained lithic feldspathic quartz arenite; conglomerate contains clasts up to 10 cm of granitic rock...redefined by Muffler (1967). Crops out on Cornwallis Peninsula of Kuiu Island and extends south to head... Unit is exposed both on northern Lindenberg Peninsula and on central Mitkof Island (Burrell, 1984a)...(1965) for the "...sequence of slate, graywacke, conglomerate, and augitebearing volcanic flow breccia, Late
Report (volume)
Significant metalliferous lode deposits, Seward Peninsula 18 Significant metalliferous lode deposits, west-central...metalliferous lode deposits, Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula 41 Significant metalliferous lode deposits, southern...INTRODUCTION Alaska is commonly regarded as one of the new frontiers in North America for discovering metalliferous...Federal lands in Alaska, and the establishment of new national parks, wildlife refuges, and Native corporations...Surveys. These studies have resulted in abundant new information on Alaskan mineral deposits. In the same
Report (issue)
lithostrotionid corals were described by Hayasaka (1936), a new genus Sciophyllum was described by Harker and McLaren...Eastcentral Alaska (fig. 1, loc. 3) and Seward Peninsula (fig. 1, loc. 4) have thinner, mainly carbonate...of southern Alaska, deposition of graywacke, conglomerate, and argillaceous rocks interbedded with pillow...the Karheen Formation. The Karheen is mainly a conglomerate, graywacke, and calcareous mudstone sequence...sedimentary features suggestive of nonmarine and beach conglomerate and sandstone grading into intertidal mudflat
Report (issue)
ne arkosic sandstone, sandstone, shale, and conglomerate. ALEXANDER BELT INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF THE CHILKAT-PRINCE...Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Hornfels: Meta-polymictic conglomerate Kbh Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Hornfels: Meta-graywacke...Hamilton Island Limestone ~fchb Burnt Island Conglomerate Pp PYBUS FORMATION (Lower Permian) PPsy ...Scp Polymictic Conglomerate Intercalated with Heceta Limestone Polymictic Conglomerate Turbidites and...Turbidites, and Limestone Stbc Polymictic Conglomerate Stbo Olistostrome Blocks of Heceta Limestone
Report (volume)
and shale of East Fork_______________. Kenai Peninsula ___.J_______________________ General features...______ General features ___________________ Conglomerate, limestone, sandstone, and slate of Gravina...Triassic (?) float____________ ________:_____ Seward Peninsula ______-_ ___-_'________ _ _ Middle Triassic rocks...Jurassic Chinitna shale _ Naknek formation. Alaska Peninsula General featuresLower Jurassic (?) Middle Jurassic...__________________ Upper Jurassic (?) _ ____ ______________ Conglomerate near Eoosevelt Lakes ...__________ /Chitina
Report (volume)
as early as 1853, and claims were staked in this region in 1882. Drilling began near the oil seeps in the...Paleozoic graywacke-type sandstone, sandstone, conglomerate, and massive limestone with reeflike structures;...River Basin to the end of 1955. Central Alaska is a region of about 275,000 square miles and consists of an...surmount most of the upland areas. In the vast region of central Alaska only six test wells are known...oil companies have investigated some parts of the region, and large areas in the Yukon-Koyukuk province
Report (volume)
the current-year issues of the monthly catalog "New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey." Prices...Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological Survey, New Federal Building - Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks... Bldg. 810, Federal Center • FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. ERRATA U.S. Geological...and mineral occurrences in the Kuskokwim River region, southwestern Alaska, by John E. Gray, Thomas P...£ Orange Point & Greens Creek & Pyrola £ Cornwallis Peninsula & Castle Island ' ~~-9 ')l,Z, G- ~ -9<>
Report (issue)
recalculated. Tracts 28CR, 09PA, and 10PA are new and are based on new geophysical data and reexamination of... Tract 13 SI was split into two tracts based on new field mapping and the reexamination of geochemical...explained as follows. Southeastern Alaska: The region containing the tract Tract Name: Based on the... Southeastern Alaska Tract Name: Lower Cleveland Peninsula Geology: Tract No: 09CR Au-bearing quartz veins... "1 Southeastern Alaska Tract Name: Kasaan Peninsula Geology: Tract No: 12CR Paleozoic felsic to
Report (issue)
Alaska’s mineral industry topped $1 billion. Two new hardrock gold mines were commissioned in 1997—at...permitting mines such as the Kensington, exciting new discoveries like Pogo, and doubling of the resource...the state, and highlights include the addition of new reserves at the Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, doubling...24 24 2 25 26 26 26 26 CONTENTS Southwestern: Region sccsscacdeossevseversrecoeisnters dase Tees Mae...ore maestro Oe Peninsula Regi0itco s..acc2ncccccnns cazeaece ee eee ete
Report (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1350 A compilation of the new geologic nan1es introduced into the literature /rom... 1964 1 Principles of physical geology: 2d ed., New York, Ronald Preas, P• 36Q-361, for the Pleistocene...including cross references. Most of these names are new names introduced into the literature during the years...Basal member of Joachim; underlies Augusta Member (new). Type section: In bluff on north side Missouri Highway...interstadial. Follows Centerville stade (new); followed by Richmond stade (new). Abington silt overlies Centerville
Report (issue)
Interior region. Northern Region 4 Metals 5 Western Region 7 Metals 7 Eastern Interior Region 8 Metals...Metals 8 Southcentral Region 11 Metals 11 Coal Il Southwestern Region 11 Metals 11 Industrial Minerals 12...12 Southeastern Region 12 Metals 12 Industrial Minerals 13 DEVELOPMENT © 13 Expenditures reached $148.6...Fork. Northern Region 13 Metals 13 Western Region 13 Metals 13 Eastern Interior Region 15 Metals 15 Coal...Southcentral Region 17 Metals 17 Southwestern Region 18 Metals 18 Alaska Peninsula Region 18 Industrial
Report (issue)
The deposit is part of lands owned by Cook Inlet Region Inc. and is currently being explored by Westmin...EXPLORATION 4 Northern Region 4 Metals 4 Coal 4 Western Region 5 Metals 5 Eastern Interior Region 8 Metals 8 Industrial...Southcentral Region 11 Metals 11 Industrial Minerals 11 Southwestern Region Il Metals 11 Alaska Peninsula Region...Southeastern Region 12 Metals 12 Industrial Minerals 13 DEVELOPMENT | 13 Northern Region 13 Metals 13...Western Region 14 Metals 15 Eastern Interior Region 15 Metals 15 Coal 17 Southcentral Region 17 Metals
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decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration
Report (issue)
Stratified rocks. The oldest rocks known in the region are intensely deformed and metamorphosed rhyolitic...turbidite and limestone turbidite, carbonate, conglomerate, and felsic to mafic lava flows and tuff, that...structural control suggests that the great faults in the region, some of which have probably been active at least...containing 0.026% Mo. 17 (4) Skarn deposits. Kasaan Peninsula area (Craiq quadrangle, nos. 73,74): 4 million...and Union Bay, and in skarn deposits on Kasaan Peninsula (Bundtzen and others, 1984, p. 43) and on the
 
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