argillic alteration

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argillic alteration [är′jil·ik ‚ȯl·tə′rā·shən]

(geology)

A rock alteration in which certain minerals are converted to minerals of the clay group.

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No references found			Overprinting the host rocks are zones of intense advanced argillic alteration with patches of silica flooding and quartz-alunite replacement which are also indicative of porphyry copper/gold environments. Great Western Minerals Group releases Copper Hill Project exploration ... by SaskBusiness Argillic alteration that form "clay blooms" may extend away from the veins up to several tens of meters. Apollo Gold Reports on Huizopa Exploration Project by Business Wire This corridor contains three types of gold mineralization, vein type, and two main types of volcanic alterations, highly silicified stockwork possibly representing silica caps and highly argillic alterations with limonite. Plexmar Inc.: Sampling Returns Up to 304 g/t Au Over 2 M by Business Wire			Argentine Argentine Basin Argentine National Day Argentines Argentinoidei argentite Argento, Dominick argentocyanides argentojarosite argentometer argentometry argentophil argentum Argerich Argerich, Martha Arges Argestes Argesul Arghezi, Tudor Argi Argid Argidae argil argillaceous argillation argillic alteration argilliferous argillite arginase arginine Argirocastro Argiropulo, Perikl Argiropulo, Perikl Emmanuilovich Argistikhinili Argistis I Argive Argo Argob argol Argolis Argon argon ionization detector argon laser argonaut Argonauts Argonne Argonne National Laboratory Argos Árgos ARGOS system argosy			Argicultire Argicultire Argicultire Argicultire Argid Argidae Argie Argie argie-bargie Argier Argier Argies Argies argil argil Argilah Argilah Argileh Argileh Argilehs Argilehs argillaceous argillaceous Argillaceous iron ore argillaceous rock Argillaceous sandstone Argillaceous schist Argillaceous slate Argillaceous slate argillation argillic alteration Argillic Horizon Argilliferous Argilliferous argillite argillite Argillites Argillites Argillo-areenaceous Argillo-calcareous Argillo-ferruginous Argillous ARGIMA arginase arginase arginase Arginase 1 Arginase 1 Arginase 1 Arginase deficiency Arginate Arginate Arginate Argine Arginemia Arginin Arginin Arginin arginine arginine arginine

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