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Geologic units containing monzonite

Arizona

Jurassic granitic rocks (Jurassic)

Granite to diorite, locally foliated and locally alkalic; includes Triassic(?) granitoids in the Trigo Mountains. This unit includes two dominant assemblages of igneous rocks. The Kitt Peak-Trigo Peaks superunit includes, from oldest to youngest: dark, foliated or gneissic diorite, medium-grained equigranular to porphyritic granodiorite, and small, irregular intrusions of light-colored, fine-grained granite. The Ko Vaya superunit, limited to south-central Arizona, includes texturally heterogeneous K-feldspar-rich granitic rocks. (150-180 Ma)

Middle Proterozoic granitic rocks (Middle Proterozoic)

Mostly porphyritic biotite granite with large microcline phenocrysts, with local fine-grained border phases and aplite. Associated pegmatite and quartz veins are rare. This unit forms large plutons, including the Oracle Granite, Ruin Granite, granite in the Pinnacle Peak - Carefree area northeast of Phoenix, and several bodies west of Prescott. (1400-1450 Ma)

California

Cenozoic (Tertiary) granitic rocks, unit 1 (Death Valley) (middle to late Miocene)

Cenozoic (Tertiary) granitic rocks--quartz monzonite, quartz latite, and minor monzonite, granodiorite, and granite; found in the Kingston, Panamint, Amargosa, and Greenwater Ranges in southeastern California.

Mesozoic granitic rocks , unit 2 (Peninsular Ranges) (Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous)

Mesozoic granite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite

Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) (Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic)

Mesozoic granite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite

Paleozoic and Permo-Triassic granitic rocks unit 2 (San Gabriel Mountains) (Late Triassic)

Paleozoic and Permo-Triassic granitic rocks in the San Gabriel and Klamath Mountains

Colorado

Granitic rocks of 1400-m.y. age group (Proterozoic | Mesoproterozoic)

Includes Silver Plume, Sherman, Cripple Creek, St. Kevin, Vernal Mesa, Curecanti, Eolus, and Trimble Granites or Quartz Monzonites; also, San Isabel Granite of Boyer (1962) and unnamed granitic rocks

Granitic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group (Proterozoic | Paleoproterozoic)

Includes Boulder Creek -M.Y. AGE GROUP (AGE 1650-1730 M.Y.)--Includes Boulder Creek, Cross Creek, Denny Creek, Kroenke, Browns Pass, Powderhorn, Pitts Meadow, Bakers Bridge, and Tenmile Granites, Quartz Monzonites, or Granodiorites;

Mafic rocks of 1700-m.y. age group (Proterozoic | Paleoproterozoic)

Gabbro and mafic diorite and monzonite

Rocks of Pikes Peak Batholith (1000-m.y. age group) (Proterozoic | Mesoproterozoic)

Includes Pikes Peak, Mount Rosa, Windy Point, and Redskin Granites and unnamed rocks

Idaho

Intrusive rocks: mostly Late Cretaceous granodioritic to granitic plutons of the Idaho batholithic assemblage, but including some Eocene intrusions; northern Idaho and Atlanta batholith (Cretaceous to Eocene)

Cretaceous plutons; probably includes unmapped older and younger crystalline bodies.

Quartz diorite, metasedimentary rock, metavolcanic rock, and migmatite; Cretaceous to Jurassic plutons in Triassic to Permian metamorphic host rocks, undivided; western Idaho (Cretaceous to Permian)

Mixed, highly altered and migmatitic rocks; derived from imbrication and dynamic events

Quartz monzodiorite, monzogranite, granodiorite, monzonite, diorite; Eocene phaneritic to porphyro-aphanitic intrusions of the quartz monzodiorite suite; Challis magmatic belt (Eocene)

Eocene intrusions of intermediate (mafic to felsic) composition

Syenite, monzonite, quartz syenite; Late to Early Cretaceous syenitic intrusions; northern Idaho (Cretaceous)

Cretaceous syenitic to monzonitic intrusions

Massachusetts

Dedham Granite (Proterozoic Z)

Dedham Granite - Light grayish-pink to greenish-gray, equigranular to slightly porphyritic, variably altered, granite south and west of Boston. Includes dioritic rock near Scituate and Cohasset and Barefoot Hills Quartz Monzonite of Lyons (1969) and Lyons and Wolfe (1971). Intrudes Zdi, Zgb, Zb, Zv. Extensive calc-alkaline plutons separated by Boston basin have long been mapped as Dedham. Those to the north of Boston and studied in this report, are referred to as Dedham North. Crystallization ages for the Dedham North suite (based on titanites and zircons) have been determined at 607+/-4 Ma, while ages for the Lynn are slightly younger at 596+/-3 Ma. Both are clearly part of the Late Proterozoic magmatic event. Dates on two samples from Sheffield Heights indicate that the diorite and granite are part of the Dedham North suite. The Dedham south and west of Boston has been dated at 630+/15 Ma (Zartman and Naylor, 1984). Dedham North Granite has a compositionally highly variable suite ranging from leucogranites to granodiorites, tonalites, and quartz diorite. The granites originated by partial melting of a sedimentary protolith, while the intermediate members show a mixing of granitic magma and mafic magma (Hepburn and others, 1993).

Wenham Monzonite (Middle Devonian)

Wenham Monzonite - Monzonite containing ferro-hornblende.

Maine

Devonian granite-quartz monzonite (hornblende accessory mineral) (Devonian)

Devonian granite-quartz monzonite (hornblende accessory mineral) Devonian hornblende-biotite granite to quartz monzonite- hornblende-biotite granite, hornblende-biotite granodiorite, hornblende-biotite tonalite, hornblende-biotite alkali feldspar quartz syenite, hornblende-biotite quartz syenite, and hornblende-biotite quartz monzonite.

Minnesota

Multiphase intrusions of hornblende-pyroxene-bearing and biotite-bearing monzonite, monzodiorite, diorite, syenite, and granodiorite (Late Archean)

Multiphase intrusions of hornblende-pyroxene-bearing and biotite-bearing monzonite, monzodiorite, diorite, syenite, and granodiorite - Typically postdates regional metamorphism and deformation associated with the Algoman orogen.

Syntectonic to pretectonic granitoid rocks (Late Archean)

Syntectonic to pretectonic granitoid rocks - Granite and granodiorite of the Vermilion Granitic Complex, the Giants Range and Bemidji batholiths, as well as smaller intrusions of tonalite and monzonite of the Algoman orogen in northern Minnesota. Also includes the Odessa, Sacred Heart, and Fort Ridgely Granites exposed along the Minnesota River Valley in southwestern Minnesota.

Montana

Stillwater complex (Archean Proterozoic(?) preCambrian-Proterozoic(?) preCambrian(?) Phanerozoic | Paleozoic(?) Mesozoic(?) Cenozoic | Cambrian(?) Ordovician(?) Silurian(?) Devonian(?) Carboniferous(?) Permian(?) Triassic(?) Jurassic(?) Cretaceous(?) Tertiary)

Stillwater complex: consists chiefly of ultrabasic intrusive rocks and metamorphic rocks not yet named or subdivided.

New Hampshire

Gray augite-hornblende-biotite monzonite (Cretaceous)

Gray augite-hornblende-biotite monzonite.

New Jersey

Hornblende Granite (Middle Proterozoic)

Hornblende Granite - Pinkish-gray- to medium-buff-weathering, pinkish-white or light-pinkish-gray, medium- to coarse-grained, gneissoid to indistinctly foliated granite and sparse granite gneiss composed principally of microcline microperthite, quartz, oligoclase, and hornblende. Some phases are quartz syenite or quartz monzonite. Includes small bodies of pegmatite and amphibolite not shown on map. U-Pb age approximately 1,090 Ma (Drake and others, 1991b).

Hornblende Syenite (Middle Proterozoic)

Hornblende Syenite - Tan- to buff-weathering, pinkish-gray or greenish-gray, medium- to coarse-grained, gneissoid syenite and lesser amounts of quartz syenite containing microcline microperthite, oligoclase, quartz, and hornblende. Some phases are monzonite or monzodiorite.

Pyroxene Granite (Middle Proterozoic)

Pyroxene Granite - Gray- to buff- or white-weathering, greenish-gray, medium- to coarse-grained, massive, gneissoid to indistinctly foliated granite containing mesoperthite to microantiperthite, quartz, oligoclase, and clinopyroxene. Common accessory minerals include titanite, magnetite, apatite, and trace amounts of pyrite. Some phases are monzonite, quartz monzodiorite, or granodiorite. Locally includes small bodies of amphibolite not shown on map.

Nevada

Granitic rocks (Paleocene to Late Miocene)

GRANITIC ROCKS-Mostly quartz monzonite and granodiorite

Granitic rocks (Jurassic)

GRANITIC ROCKS-Mostly quartz monzonite and granodiorite

New York

Charnockite, mangerite, pyroxene-quartz syenite gneiss (Middle Proterozoic)

Charnockite, mangerite, pyroxene-quartz syenite gneiss - overprint signifies inequigranular texture.

Charnockite, mangerite, pyroxene-quartz syenite gneiss (Middle Proterozoic)

Charnockite, mangerite, pyroxene-quartz syenite gneiss - overprint signifies inequigranular texture.

Mangerite, pyroxene-(hornblende) syenite gneiss (Middle Proterozoic)

Mangerite, pyroxene syenite gneiss - pyroxene-(hornblende) syenitic gneiss; mesoperthite common. Overprint signifies inequigranular texture.

Oregon

Hypabyssal intrusive rocks (Miocene and Miocene?) (Miocene)

Hypabyssal, medium-grained, hornblende diorite and quartz diorite in small stocks and large dikes; includes intrusions of medium- to fine-grained gabbro and plugs and small stocks of medium-grained, holocrystalline, olivine andesite. Also includes medium-grained, commonly porphyritic biotite quartz monzonite and leucocratic granodiorite. Many of these intrusive bodies are moderately to intensely propylitized, as are wallrocks they intrude; locally, along shears, the rocks also are sericitized. Potassium-argon ages on several of these shallow intrusions range from about 8 Ma to about 22 Ma (Wise, 1969; Bikerman, 1970; Sutter, 1978; Power and others, 1981a, b; Fiebelkorn and others, 1983)

Rhode Island

Narragansett Pier Plutonic Suite - granite (Permian)

Narragansett Pier Plutonic Suite - granite - Dark-pink to pale-gray, medium-grained equigranular granite, with lesser granodiorite and quartz monzonite. Composed of microcline, oligoclase, quartz, and accessory biotite, magnetite, ilmenite, apatite, sphene, zircon, monazite, apatite, and allanite; muscovite and garnet locally present; secondary chlorite and calcite. Mainly massive, but locally exhibits faint flow foliation. Cut locally by abundant pegmatite, aplite, and composite aplite-pegmatite of mineralogy similar to the host granite. Unit is a 5 km by 40 km batholith that underlies the southern coast of RI. Intrusion during the latter part of Alleghanian deformation of the Narragansett Basin is indicated by its Permian age, rapid cooling, and field relations. The age of the Narragansett Pier is well constrained by several factors. Brown and others (1978) report a Pennsylvanian fossil contained in an inclusion in the pluton. Radiometric ages of 276 Ma by Kocis and others (1978), 272+/-4 Ma by Hermes and others (1981), and 273+/-2 Ma by Zartman and Hermes (1987) are consistently Early Permian. Structural studies by Mosher (1983) and Reck and Mosther (1988) indicate that intrusion began during the third period of deformation in the Narragansett Basin. Argon release patterns (Dallmeyer, 1982) indicate that the granite and intruded sediments had cooled below argon retention temperatures of hornblende by the Late Permian and of biotite by the Early Triassic. Intruded by the Westerly Granite, which has been radiometrically dated at 276+/-7 Ma. The two granites are probably genetically related based on similarities in age, mineralogy, and geochemistry (Hozik, 1992).

Scituate Igneous Suite - monzonite/monzodiorite (Devonian)

Scituate Igneous Suite - monzonite/monzodiorite - Dark-gray to pink, fine- to medium-grained, equigranular rock, containing plagioclase, microcline, quartz, and accessory biotite, garnet, zircon, apatite, allanite, and opaque minerals; secondary muscovite and epidote. Mainly foliated. Varieties include quartz monzonite, monzonite, and monzodiorite. Includes some rock mapped formerly as Cowesett Granite.

Tennessee

Cranberry Granite (Precambrian)

Cranberry Granite - Complex of intertonguing rock types including migmatite, granitic gneisses, monzonite, quartz diorite, greenstone, mica and hornblende schists, abundant granitic pegmatite.

Mount Rogers Group including Bakersville Gabbro, Beech Granite, Cranberry Granite, and Roan Gneiss (Precambrian)

Mount Rogers Group - Metavolcanics, typically purplish and reddish; massive lavas and tuffs, altered rhyolites and quartz latites; strongly foliated; interbedded arkose, shale, and conglomerate. Thickness 1,000 to 3,000 feet; Includes Bakersville Gabbro - Metagabbro, dark, porphyritic; contains diorite, basalt, anorthosite, and diabase; occurs as thin to massive dikes and lenticular masses; Beech Granite - Granite, porphyritic, light-gray to reddish; coarse potash feldspar crystals and clustered interstitial mafics (chloritized biotite and hornblende) give spotted appearance; includes Max Patch Granite; Cranberry Granite - Complex of intertonguing rock types including migmatite, granitic gneisses, monzonite, quartz diorite, greenstone, mica and hornblende schists, abundant granitic pegmatite; and Roan Gneiss - Layered hornblende and garnet gneiss and granitic migmatite with zones of mica schist and amphibolite, foliation commonly contorted; contains numerous granitic and gabbroic dikes.

Texas

Chinati Mountains caldera volcanic rocks, including Chinati Mountains Group, Mitchell Mesa Ignimbrite, and type area of Petan Basalt (Phanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Oligocene)

Chinati Mountains caldera volcanic rocks, including Chinati Mountains Group, Mitchell Mesa Ignimbrite, and type area of Petan Basalt

Utah

Jurassic intrusive rocks in western Utah (Jurassic)

Tertiary intrusive rocks in central Utah (Late Eocene to Oligocene)

Tertiary intrusive rocks in southwestern Utah (Oligocene to Miocene)

Tertiary intrusive rocks in western Utah (Late Eocene to Early Miocene)

Virginia

Burkeville Pluton (Proterozoic)

Burkeville pluton - Granodiorite and monzonite.

Dalecarlia Instrusive Suite (Cambrian-Ordovician)

Dalecarlia Instrusive Suite - Monzogranite and granodiorite.

Lahore Complex - Amphibole monzonite (Ordovician)

Lahore Complex - Amphibole monzonite

Lahore Complex - Pyroxene monzonite (Ordovician)

Lahore Complex - Pyroxene monzonite

Washington

Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided (Mostly Cretaceous-Jurassic)

Granite, quartz monzonite, quartz diorite, granodiorite, and trondhjemite. Includes diorite in southeastern Washington; diorite and gabbro near Concunully in Okanogan County; gneiss, schist, and migmatites in areas of Chelan, Colville, and Okanogan batholiths. Includes high-grade metamorphic rocks of Precambrian age in Spokane area.

Tertiary granitic rocks (Probably mostly Eocene; ranges from Miocene to Paleocene)

Granite, quartz monzonite, quartz diorite, granodiorite, and trondhjemite. Includes dacite porphyry and granite breccia near Bumping Lake, Yakima County.

Wisconsin

Peshtigo Mangerite in the Wolf River batholith (1470 Ma); Peshtigo Mangerite (Middle Proterozoic)

Peshtigo Mangerite in the Wolf River batholith (1470 Ma); Peshtigo Mangerite - Brown to dark-gray, coarse-grained (0.3-1.5 cm) inequigranular monzonite containing subhedral, zoned plagioclase, alkali feldspar, mafic silicates (fayalite, hypersthene, ferroaugite-hedenbergite, hornblende, and biotite), and interstitial quartz