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Older Precambrian metamorphic rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region

StateUtah
NameOlder Precambrian metamorphic rocks in Salt Lake City-Coalville-Randolph region
Geologic ageArchean
Original map labelPCm
Commentsabout 2.6 Ga; well exposed on Antelope Island
Primary rock typemetamorphic rock
Secondary rock typeplutonic 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 coverageBox Elder - Davis - Morgan - Salt Lake - Weber

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