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Latitic Intrusive Rocks

Dark-gray to greenish-gray laccoliths and sills of latite, latitic andesite, and quartz latite. Contains phenocrysts of andesine, oligoclase, biotite, hornblend, and sphene in a finely crystalline andesine-biotite-quartz groundmass.
StateSouth Dakota
NameLatitic Intrusive Rocks
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Paleocene Eocene
Original map labelTl
Primary rock typelatite
Secondary rock typeandesite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Map references
Martin, J. E., Sawyer, J. F., Fahrenbach, M. D., Tomhave, D. W., and Schulz, L. D., 2004, Geologic Map of South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey
Unit references
Martin, J. E., Sawyer, J. F., Fahrenbach, M. D., Tomhave, D. W., and Schulz, L. D., 2004, Geologic Map of South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey
Geographic coverageLawrence - Meade

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