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Granite

Pink and gray, strongly foliated, medium- to coarse-crystalline, locally pegmatitic, biotite-muscovite granite and gneissic granite.
StateSouth Dakota
NameGranite
Geologic ageArchean
Original map labelWgr
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite
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 - Pennington

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