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![Péter Luffi > WoGE #171
It is my pleasure to post a new geo-puzzle after I won Silver Fox's WoGE#170 featuring the New Idria serpentinite diapir in California. I would guess, it was the Almaden mercury mine in The Lost Geologist's WoGE#168 that triggered Silver Fox's mind to come up with New Idria, a historic Hg mine of California. On the other hand, New Idria is a type locality for benitoite, and this is what sparked my mind to give a spin to the game with an additional element. The idea is to choose a new WoGE so that it connects to the previous one by a keyword that should be provided along with the picture (for example, Silver Fox could have picked the keyword "mercury mine"). In the case of my WoGE#171, this keyword would be "type locality". The rules remain the same [the spot should be located (lat, long) and described in geological terms], but to win, one must also explain how the chosen keyword fits into the picture. The simple-to-answer question in this case would be: for what rock is this place the type locality? Let's see if anyone likes the idea.](http://pluffi.smugmug.com/Landscapes/WoGE/WoGE171/618178825_drw2V-Ti.jpg "Péter Luffi > WoGE #171
It is my pleasure to post a new geo-puzzle after I won Silver Fox's WoGE#170 featuring the New Idria serpentinite diapir in California. I would guess, it was the Almaden mercury mine in The Lost Geologist's WoGE#168 that triggered Silver Fox's mind to come up with New Idria, a historic Hg mine of California. On the other hand, New Idria is a type locality for benitoite, and this is what sparked my mind to give a spin to the game with an additional element. The idea is to choose a new WoGE so that it connects to the previous one by a keyword that should be provided along with the picture (for example, Silver Fox could have picked the keyword \"mercury mine\"). In the case of my WoGE#171, this keyword would be \"type locality\". The rules remain the same [the spot should be located (lat, long) and described in geological terms], but to win, one must also explain how the chosen keyword fits into the picture. The simple-to-answer question in this case would be: for what rock is this place the type locality? Let's see if anyone likes the idea.")
WoGE #176
Ron's WoGE#175 was a piece of the Early Proterozoic New Quebec Orogen. Easy to find, but hard to document, mainly because of the conflicting old and new accounts and the convoluted nomenclature of geologic units. Now here's the next puzzle, surely worth being highlighted in the WoGE contest. It shouldn't be hard to locate and once you've nailed it down (give lat/long), the geological description should be piece of cake. Let's see who'll be quick enough to earn the honor of hosting the next challenge.
Ron's WoGE#175 was a piece of the Early Proterozoic New Quebec Orogen. Easy to find, but hard to document, mainly because of the conflicting old and new accounts and the convoluted nomenclature of geologic units. Now here's the next puzzle, surely worth being highlighted in the WoGE contest. It shouldn't be hard to locate and once you've nailed it down (give lat/long), the geological description should be piece of cake. Let's see who'll be quick enough to earn the honor of hosting the next challenge.
WoGE #176
Ron's WoGE#175 was a piece of the Early Proterozoic New Quebec Orogen. Easy to find, but hard to document, mainly because of the conflicting old and new accounts and the convoluted nomenclature of geologic units. Now here's the next puzzle, surely worth being highlighted in the WoGE contest. It shouldn't be hard to locate and once you've nailed it down (give lat/long), the geological description should be piece of cake. Let's see who'll be quick enough to earn the honor of hosting the next challenge.
Ron's WoGE#175 was a piece of the Early Proterozoic New Quebec Orogen. Easy to find, but hard to document, mainly because of the conflicting old and new accounts and the convoluted nomenclature of geologic units. Now here's the next puzzle, surely worth being highlighted in the WoGE contest. It shouldn't be hard to locate and once you've nailed it down (give lat/long), the geological description should be piece of cake. Let's see who'll be quick enough to earn the honor of hosting the next challenge.
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