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Stable oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen isotope analyses of mineral deposits and mineral occurrences

September 25, 2025

Stable isotope analyses are reported (the ratios deuterium/protium, carbon-13/carbon-12, oxygen-18/oxygen-16, sulfur-34/sulfur-32, nitrogen-15/nitrogen-14) for ores and related rocks, and mineral occurrences in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks from Hicks Dome, Illinois; Clementine copper porphyry prospect, Boulder copper porphyry, and the Elkhorn Mining District, Montana; Pogo and Denali, Alaska; Bear Lodge carbonatite, Wyoming; Whitehorse Group evaporites, Texas; and Sulphur Bank mercury mine, California.

Publication Year 2025
Title Stable oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen isotope analyses of mineral deposits and mineral occurrences
DOI 10.5066/P1GTCFJA
Authors Alison M Piasecki, Julia A. McIntosh
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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