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Younger granitic intrusion

Younger granitic intrusion
StateTexas
NameYounger granitic intrusion
Geologic agepreCambrian-Proterozoic
Original map labelpCy
CommentsOatman Creek Granite appears to be late differentiate of Town Mountain Granite Younger granitic intrusions include aplogranite bodies and aplite dikes, pegmatite dikes, quartz masses
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock typeaplite
Other rock typespegmatite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Felsic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-felsic-alkaline (Dike or sill)Sixmile Granite, uniform fine-grained, commonly gray, but variable color, quartz-plagioclase-microcline rock, occurs as irregular intrusive bodies penetrating metamorphic rocks and Town Mountain Granite
Igneous > Hypabyssal > Felsic-hypabyssal > Hypabyssal-felsic-alkaline (Dike or sill)fine-grained, pink, mildly cataclastic, quartz-plagioclase-microclinerock, occurs in irregular bodies of about 1 mile in size and in elongate en echelon dikes or sills
Map references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000
Unit references
Bureau of Economic Geology, 1981, Llano sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBlanco - Gillespie - Llano - Mason - San Saba

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