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Granitic rocks of 1400-m.y. age group

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
StateColorado
NameGranitic rocks of 1400-m.y. age group
Geologic ageProterozoic | Mesoproterozoic
Original map labelYg
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock typegranodiorite
Other rock typesquartz monzonite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Alkali-feldspar-graniteincludes peraluminous granites
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite
Map references
Tweto, Ogden 1979, Geologic Map of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Special Geologic Map, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Tweto, Ogden 1979, Geologic Map of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Special Geologic Map, scale 1:500,000.
Geographic coverageArchuleta - Boulder - Clear Creek - Costilla - Custer - Eagle - El Paso - Fremont - Grand - Gunnison - Hinsdale - Huerfano - Jackson - Jefferson - Lake - La Plata - Larimer - Mesa - Montrose - Park - Pitkin - Pueblo - Routt - Saguache - San Juan - Summit - Teller

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