Clay-alunite alterated amygdaloidal rhyolite illite smectite dickite nacrite sepiolite Gypsum Palygorskite

Specimen Summary

White; massive; fine grained; light density; bladed crystals evident on one weathered surface. Crystalline, vitreous amygdales are visible throughout specimen, relatively unaltered to clay. Protolith appeats to be a amygdaloidal rhyolite.

Alunite, white clay-like mineral coating the specimen, is a hydroxylated aluminium potassium sulfate mineral often forming from weathering and alteration of felsic volcanics/lavas mainly rhyolite and trachyte with generally high potassium contents.
Alunite has its uses in radiometric dating (K-Ar method) of weathering processes in ore deposits as well as the formation of alunite in caves.

White chalky rock, no obvious original texture noted (hosted in andesite\dacite feldspar porphyry

Specimen Data

 

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Collection Details

Original Collection:

Smithers Exploration Group (SEG)

Sub Collection:

High Sulfidation Epithermal Gold-Silver veins

Collection ID:

T14-02 T6-01 now T14-02

Virtual Museum ID:

19-T6-01

Accessibility:

Date Added to VM:

2019-08-19

Location Information

Sample Origin:

Toodoggone Region, Golden Triangle, BC

Specific Site:

Al prospect, Toodoggone

UTM Easting:

618466

UTM Northing:

6071559

Datum:

09 (NAD 83)

Coordinate Accuracy:

Specimen Details

VM Category:

Rock

Primary Features:

Clay-alunite alterated amygdaloidal rhyolite illite smectite dickite nacrite sepiolite Gypsum Palygorskite

Primary Mineral Formula:

KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Primary Category:

sulphate

Secondary Features:

-

Advanced Geological Information

 

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Geological Formation:

Toodoggone Formation

Geological Period:

Jurassic

Stratigraphic Age:

Jurassic

Geological Belt:

Omineca

Geological Terrane:

Minfile ID:

Minfile Link:

N/A

Site Details:

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