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| State | Utah |
|---|---|
| Name | Older Precambrian metamorphic rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region |
| Geologic age | Archean |
| Original map label | PCm |
| Comments | about 2.6 Ga; well exposed on Antelope Island |
| Primary rock type | metamorphic rock |
| Secondary rock type | plutonic rock (phaneritic) |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic (Amphibolite)gneisses and schist Minor
Igneous > Plutonic (Dike or sill)pegmatite, also small bodies |
| Map references | Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000. |
| Unit references | Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000. Willis, G.C., Yonkee, W.A., Doelling, H.H., and Jensen, M.E., 2000, Geology of Antelope Island State Park, Utah, in Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey, Jr., T.C., and Anderson, P.B., Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments: Utah Geological Association Publication 28, p. 337-364. Nelson, S.T., Harris, R.A., Dorais, M.J., Heizler, M., Constenius, K., and Barnett, D.E., 2002, Basement complexes in the Wasatch Fault, Utah, provide new limits on crustal accretion: Geology, v. 30, no. 9, p. 831-834. |
| Geographic coverage | Box Elder - Davis - Morgan - Salt Lake - Weber |
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