Table T7. Summary of different principal alteration types, Site 1188.
 
Green silica-clay
Bleaching
Silicification
Color in hand specimen: Bluish green to green
White to light gray
Gray to greenish gray
Typical mineralogy:




Cristobalite Abundant
Abundant
Rare
Quartz Abundant
Abundant
Abundant
Anhydrite Absent
Abundant
Absent
Illite Abundant
Abundant
Abundant
Chlorite Abundant
Rare
Absent (?)
Pyrophyllite Rare
Abundant
Rare
Pyrite Abundant
Abundant
Abundant
Magnetite Rare
Absent
Locally common
Style:




Pervasive Abundant
Rare
Abundant
Vein/stockwork Absent
Abundant
Rare