Presentation Title
Petrogenesis of pyrite-bearing assemblages in the Thomas Range of Western Utah
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation/Art Exihibt
College
College of Natural Sciences
Major
Geological Sciences
Location
SMSU Event Center BC
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Codi Lazar
Start Date
5-17-2018 9:30 AM
End Date
5-17-2018 11:00 AM
Abstract
The Thomas Range is part of the Basin and Range and is just west of the Wasatch hinge line. As a part of the Cordilleran Miogeocline, sediments were deposited in the Thomas Range area. The Thomas Range also underwent a wave of volcanism after the ocean regressed. Elemental and mineral analyses were performed on pyrite-bearing assemblages found in the Thomas Range of Western Utah. Petrogenesis of the sample is determined using the known minerals and the ways those minerals form. Pyrite associated with a sedimentary rock confirms that there was an anoxic sea covering the Thomas Range at some point in geologic history.
Petrogenesis of pyrite-bearing assemblages in the Thomas Range of Western Utah
SMSU Event Center BC
The Thomas Range is part of the Basin and Range and is just west of the Wasatch hinge line. As a part of the Cordilleran Miogeocline, sediments were deposited in the Thomas Range area. The Thomas Range also underwent a wave of volcanism after the ocean regressed. Elemental and mineral analyses were performed on pyrite-bearing assemblages found in the Thomas Range of Western Utah. Petrogenesis of the sample is determined using the known minerals and the ways those minerals form. Pyrite associated with a sedimentary rock confirms that there was an anoxic sea covering the Thomas Range at some point in geologic history.
