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Grand Canyon caves, breccia pipes and mineral deposits |
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| Authors: | KAREN J WENRICH HOYT B SUTPHIN |
| Institution: | Karen J. Wenrich and Hoyt B. Sutphin are at the Branch of Sedimentary Processes, US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA. |
| Abstract: | The Redwall Limestone of the Grand Canyon forms a major mineral district, its breccia pipes being host to rich uranium and base-metal deposits. Yet karst processes as a mechanism for preparing host rocks for ore deposition have been little studied. |
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