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rhyodacite

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rhyodacite [rī′äd·ə‚sīt]
(petrology)
A group of extrusive porphyritic igneous rocks containing quartz, plagioclase, and biotite phenocrysts in a fine-grained to glassy groundmass composed of alkali feldspar and silica minerals. Also known as dellenite; quartz lattice.


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prospect, hole KW06-01 was drilled vertically to 880 feet and encountered sheared and veined intermediate volcaniclastic andesite country rock and interbedded felsic rhyolite to rhyodacite units.
Mineralization is associated with a rhyodacite intrusive rocks and a hydrothermal breccia developed along the contract with andesite tuffs and flows that host the felsic intrusive complex.
These stacked, sub-horizontal, high-grade zones occur within a wide, low-grade envelope hosted by rhyodacite tuffs and overlying conglomerates.
 
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