IS EVERY MOUNTAIN = FORMER VOLCANO ?It's a good question - is every x large mountain a former volcano ?
Yes.. .sone are - and can be observed with a cone at top that blows enery now and then...
But what about other mountains that don't have a blow hole ? What's going on there ? How were they really formed ?
Am i to beleive some dreamy rendition of the inner workings of the mountain where
an artist draws the interior with viened lava still present ?
Some mountain have the presence of lava rock all about.
Charred black rocks dotting the landscape of the mountain - eluding that this is volcanic.
But is it the kind of volcanic that lava is present belwo or nearby ?
Or, could it be the charred rocks are - residues and clues, that something else happened
long ago ?
The Kupfershiefer sedimentry ( coper / silver ) deposit - that spans across a few countries in Europe, is a stratabound deposit - that not only peaks above grade but is also mined deep underground. This Kupfer is still being studied by geologists from all around the world - to this day - each wanting to know - how it was formed.
In Northern Colombia, it is beleived - the copper / silver deposit - could be a second Kupfer style copper silver deposit. A sedimentry ocean floor that came inland and stacked itself in ranges.
HOW DO I EXPLAIN - INLAND MOUNTAIN - WITH RESIDUE VOLCANIC ROCKS ?
If, others around the world are still trying to explain away how ranges or mountains were formed - i would think the subject is wide open for - a few other interpretations - right ?
- ocean floor has several laminate layers of - sedimentry shales
- sedimentry shales that formed by lava flows - benieth the ocean
- over time the sedimentry floor shales are dormant.
- platonic plates crack and expand - more lavas erupts from interior of earth
- platonic plates grow and as they expand push on other plates that are near continents
- coastal reagions are forced inland as more ocean floor plates press against coastal regions
- hydrofluid crystalines benieth the shales - breakthrough the shales and upon hitting
coming in contact with cool ocean waters - solidify - dykes - veining
- over eons - the sedimentry ocean floor ( thick shale layers with cooled crystalines / dykes
begin to stack inland forming = ranges\
- geologist comes along - sees the lava charred rocks, massive dyke - on end - and assumes
this is a former volcano - and easily interpreted as so... because the dykes are vertical
which eludes to a hydrothermal fluid intrusion.
But... if therer are shales present - this is where i think some ranges should be looked at
in a different light - all in plight of - if there are more than one region of the mountain with
shales and verical dykes - then... whose to say, this is not a sedimentry ocean floor that
came inland and was stacked into a range - deck of cards ?
It might fall under the category of - not al lthings appear as they are - right ?
Which is all the more reason - i think the presence of banding shales might be revealing
a different interpretatrion of the boundry ranges - especially id there is more than one shale zone then... one should be tracking and mapping the shales to see if the pattern of
sedimentry ocean floor ( stacking ) occured .
If by chance it did occur, there would be patterns of,
- sequential sedimentry shales with dykes always on one side.
EXAMPLE - shales on left ( xxx thickness ) with a dyke on the right.
- one measures the thickness of each shale bedding + dyke
- then searches for the next shale bedding with dyke which might even have a dyke
NOW... suppose the shales have significant minerals with in
one could actually know where to look for the shales by knowing the sequence
of the range formation.
WEST to EAST stacking formations would have the shales on left side
where would one want to be drilling " = left side
could some of the sedimentry thick section been overlapped ?
absolutely - they may have this.. whereas, the sedimentry thick section
just stack ontop of each or, they begin to stack vertically,,,
, main premise here is - if shales are present then.. .wehy are they
and where did they come from |?
WHAT IF = the sedimentry shales didn't stack - but were still seen with in the range ?
one could perhaps hypothesize that the ocean floor simply humped itself
escaped the effects of, breaking and stacking
ONE COULD ALSO - hypothesize that the ocean floor was" right where" the range is now.
and ranges were formed in a localized area - still contorting and
stacking - humping - or, even, twistingas other ranges are perpendicular
to other ranges...
LET'S LOOK AT - WHISTLER MOUNTAIN - B.C. i don't know if others see what i'm seeing - but i see, stacking occuring on the right side of , Whistler - thick massive sedimentry flat vertical sheets - carding effect - anyone else ?
i WOULD THINK - If one were to wash off al lthe silts on any mountain...
it would be quite interesting what the mountain revealed... how it was formed.
Which is why i think... not all mountains are - volcanic.
It would be nice to see this kind of picture of, Del Norte,
Front + backside ... with pinpoints of where the all drilling occured.
High pixalation / resolution - so when one zooms in - there's no distortion.
Yeah... i like to - play geologist - exploring with quality pictures...
Seems google can't be deppended upon - hit and miss, when using
their maps - some days no cloud cover - other days, nothing but clouds,
or.. .the dark hues where one can't see anything of the geology.
Lot's can be learned studing maps of all kinds... Now ask.. .how many take the time to study the maps ?
Most treat it as... only research when they're on the punch clock.
Again.. just my own interpretation...
Open ot conjecture.
Appear's - Decade Resources - loaded more photos -
thanks , Decade. Here's the -
K DOG - ZONE. Very Interesting.
Open the photo in a new window and zoom in....
I see some amazing geological features...
But... it's at the top side of the mountain, and, other nearby host rock is indifferent
than the rewelds... which have round rocks in them... he, he, he.... love it.
I have a few theories on how this may have formed...
Anyone care to take a poke as to how this formed ?
K- DOG ZONE https://decaderesources.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sampling-K-Dog.jpg Cheers...