Frenchie Creek Rhyolite











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Frenchie Creek Rhyolite is primarily maroon or black.
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Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: 
Patina:

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Frenchie Creek Rhyolite is is the upper member of the Pony Trail Group of  Nevada.  Primary outcroppings occur in Pony Trail Canyon of Frenchie Creek, Pine Valley and the Cortez Mountains in Eureka County, Nevada and in the Elko Hills in Elko County, Nevada.
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