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Granitic rocks

GRANITIC ROCKS OF 2,600-Ma AGE GROUP. Teton Range--Mount Owen Quartz Monzonite. Age 2,500+/- Ma; may be of Early Proterozoic age. Gros Ventre and Washakie Ranges--Granitic rocks. Yellowstone National Park, Owl Creek, Granite, and Seminoe Mountains, Rawlins uplift, and Medicine Bow Mountains--Granite. Wind River Range--Granodiorite to porphyritic and equigranular granite. Sierra Madre--Granite and granodiorite. Laramie Mountains--Granite, amphibolite, and minor amounts of metasedimentary rocks. Hartville uplift--Granite and quartz monzonite. Black Hills uplift--Granite and minor amounts of metasedimentary rocks.
StateWyoming
NameGranitic rocks
Geologic ageArchean
Original map labelWg
Primary rock typegranitoid
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodiorite
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary
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 coverageAlbany - Carbon - Converse - Crook - Fremont - Goshen - Hot Springs - Natrona - Niobrara - Park - Platte - Sublette - Teton

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