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Two-thirds of the gold from the Lesley Ann deposit is associated with pyrite, found in zones of intense silicification, and precipitated due to sulfidation of rhyolitic host rock during the earliest stages of hydrothermal activity. The remaining gold occurs freely in breccia matrix quartz and was deposited after silicification as a result of cooling and boiling of 200 to 240°C fluids with 0 to 0.2 wt % NaCl equivalent. Late banded quartz and drusy quartz precipitated in all areas from 150 to 185°C waters with 0 to 1.1 eq wt % NaCl equivalent. Chalcedony bands adjacent to quartz in barren banded veins north of the mine area represent temperature drops likely resulting from abrupt changes in boiling zone levels, evidenced by platy calcite textures found in a few, but not all, quartz bands. 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Late banded quartz and drusy quartz precipitated in all areas from 150 to 185°C waters with 0 to 1.1 eq wt % NaCl equivalent. Chalcedony bands adjacent to quartz in barren banded veins north of the mine area represent temperature drops likely resulting from abrupt changes in boiling zone levels, evidenced by platy calcite textures found in a few, but not all, quartz bands. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Rotert, Joel William"],"institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","degree_name":"Master of Science (MS)","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Geoscience","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Jean S. Cline"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2000,"date_issued":"2000-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2000-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:25:18Z","subjects":[],"languages":["English"],"rights":["IN COPYRIGHT. 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