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Thin section images of xenoliths from north of the Stillwater Complex, Montana

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2013-06-01
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2016-06-01

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Zientek, M.L., Parks, H.L., and Ducken, E.J., 2021, Thin section images of xenoliths from north of the Stillwater Complex, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9F40408.

Summary

This dataset includes photographic images of thin sections made from xenolith samples collected from the Sliderock Mountain and Susie Peak plutons, Montana, along with a shapefile representing the locations of the samples. The plutons are located north of the Stillwater Complex, Montana, which is exposed along the northern side of the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. To the north of the Stillwater Complex, a gravity anomaly is located where Phanerozoic rocks may unconformably overlie the complex. These Phanerozoic rocks are intruded by Cretaceous plutons that have gabbroid inclusions that resemble other metamorphosed rocks of the Stillwater Complex. Samples of the inclusions were collected, and thin sections were created from them. [...]

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To better understand the nature of the xenoliths located to the north of the Stillwater Complex, samples were collected, and thin sections were created. These thin sections can be used to confirm that the gravity anomaly that extends to the north of the complex represents the location of the northern extension of subsurface Stillwater Complex. See USGS SIR 2014-5183 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5183/) for report and spatial data relating to the Stillwater Complex.

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