Sample Description USGS Spectral Library Version 7

USGS Spectral Library Version 7 Sample Description

Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Pearson, N.C., Wise, R.A., Benzel, W.M., Lowers, H.A., Driscoll, R.L., and Klein, A.J., 2017, USGS Spectral Library Version 7: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1035, 61 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1035
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TITLE: Dickite + others CU91-219B DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: MIXTURE

SAMPLE_ID: CU91-219B

MIXTURE_TYPE: Intimate

MIXTURE: Dickite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Calcite

FORMULA: Al2Si2O5(OH)4, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, SiO2, CaCO3

FORMULA_HTML: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ SiO₂, CaCO₃

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Eastern Alteration Center, Cuprite, Nevada, USA

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Gregg Swayze

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: N37 31.90' # degrees and decimal minutes (N or S)

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: W117 13.30' # degrees and decimal minutes (W or E) P> DATUM: NAD27 # coordinate datum

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S.G.S. Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

This sample was collected from the southwestern portion of the western alteration center at Cuprite, NV and is composed of hydrothermally altered lower Cambrian Harkless Phyllite altered during a 7.5 Ma hydrothermal event.

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XRD_ANALYSIS:

Dickite plus some solid solution with kaolinite, quartz, and calcite.

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: XRF # XRF, EPMA, ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

None

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MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

None

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

The spectrum doesn't include the spectral range from 0.35-1.35 microns. The spectral absorptions are characteristic of dickite with strong doublets in the 1.4 and 2.2 micron region.

See: Swayze, G.A., 1997, The hydrothermal and structural history of the Cuprite Mining District, southwestern Nevada: an integrated geological and geophysical approach: unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado at Boulder, 399p.

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1_2a3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns