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Intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks

INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS--Composition ranges from hornblende monzonite to basalt. In Yellowstone area includes andesite and basalt of Emerald Lake (age about 2 Ma), rhyolite of Broad Creek, Pliocene Junction Butte Basalt, and gravel of Mount Everts. Age of basalt on Crescent Mountain 3.6 Ma.
StateWyoming
NameIntrusive and extrusive igneous rocks
Geologic agePhanerozoic | Cenozoic | Tertiary | Miocene Pliocene
Original map labelTii
Primary rock typegranitoid
Secondary rock typebasalt
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Andesite
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Monzonitehornblende monzonite
Minor
Igneous > Volcanic > Felsic-volcanic > Rhyolite
Map references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Unit references
Love, J.D. and Christiansen, Ann Coe, 1985, Geologic Map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey.
Geographic coverageLincoln - Park - Teton

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