Quebrada Marquesa Formation (Spanish: Formación Quebrada Marquesa) is a geological formation composed of alternations of volcanic and volcaniclastic rock layers and mostly continental (as opposed to marine) sedimanry rocks in inland Coquimbo Region, northern Chile.[1] Its does however have a few layers of marine sedimentary rock near its base.[1] It overlies the older Arqueros Formation wth which it has some interdigitation.[2] Quebrada Marquesa Formation contains economically valuable manganese layers in its upper half.[2][3] The formation has a stratigraphic thickness of about 1500 m.[4]
References
- 1 2 Aguirre & Mehech 1964, p. 433.
- 1 2 Aguirre & Mehech 1964, p. 429.
- ↑ Aguirre & Mehech 1964, p. 431.
- ↑ Oyarzun et al. 1998, p. 549.
- Bibliography
- Aguirre, Luis; Mehech, Sonia (1964). "Stratigraphy and Mineralogy of the Manganese Sedimentary Deposits of Coquimbo Province, Chile". Economic Geology. 59 (3): 428–442. Bibcode:1964EcGeo..59..428A. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.59.3.428.
- Oyarzun, R.; Ortega, L.; Sierra, J.; Lunar, R.; Oyarzun, J. (1998). "Cu, Mn, and Ag mineralization in the Quebrada Marquesa Quadrangle, Chile: the Talcuna and Arqueros districts". Mineralium Deposita. 33 (6): 547–559. Bibcode:1998MinDe..33..547O. doi:10.1007/s001260050171.
