Geologic units in Kandiyohi county, Minnesota

Granitic orthogneiss and migmatite (Mesoarchean to Paleoarchean) at surface, covers 45 % of this area

Granitic orthogneiss and migmatite. Geophysical map patterns imply this unit intruded other gneisses.

Little Falls Formation (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Schist and slate of graywacke-mudstone protolith.

Leucogranite (Neoarchean) at surface, covers 15 % of this area

Leucogranite. Occurs along the Yellow Medicine Shear Zone and elsewhere, primarily in batholithic settings.

Granite (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Granite, reddish, variably porphyritic, massive; includes the St. Cloud Red (~1,779 Ma), Foley (~1,774, 1,779 Ma), Pierz (~1,779 Ma), and Pease granites, and Richmond charnockitic granite (~1,772 Ma). An unnamed granite in south-central Minnesota is slightly older at ~1,792 Ma.

Gabbroic to dioritic intrusion (Archean or Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Gabbroic to dioritic intrusion. High to moderate gravity and magnetic signature. Includes Providence and Cottonwood intrusions in southwestern Minnesota.

Granitic intrusion of unknown age (Archean or Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Granitic intrusion of unknown age. Low gravity and magnetic expression.

Interlayered volcanic, volcaniclastic, sedimentary, and hypabyssal intrusive rocks (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Interlayered volcanic, volcaniclastic, sedimentary, and hypabyssal intrusive rocks. Includes parts of the Mille Lacs Group, North and South Range Groups, and Glen Township Formation.

Granitoid gneiss with dioritic to amphibolitic enclaves (Mesoarchean to Paleoarchean) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Granitoid gneiss with dioritic to amphibolitic enclaves. Produces moderately high and varied gravity and magnetic signatures.

Rockville Granite and rocks inferred to be related (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Rockville Granite and rocks inferred to be related. Coarse-grained and pink to white (~1,780 Ma).

Granitic rocks, undifferentiated (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Granitic rocks, undifferentiated. Largely inferred from geophysical maps.

Gabbro, pyroxenite, diorite, and lamprophyre (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.9 % of this area

Gabbro, pyroxenite, diorite, and lamprophyre. Includes the Watab quartz diorite (~1,780 Ma), St. Wendell quartz gabbro, and an unnamed diorite (~1,786 Ma).

Granitic intrusion (Neoarchean) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Granitic intrusion. Includes the Sacred Heart (~2592, 2,603 Ma) and Ortonville granites, the Shannon Lake Granite (~2,674), and other intrusions having low gravity and magnetic signatures.

Gabbro, peridotite, pyroxenite, lamprophyre, and metamorphic equivalents (Neoarchean) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Gabbro, peridotite, pyroxenite, lamprophyre, and metamorphic equivalents. Includes the Oaks intrusion (~2,671 Ma) in the Wabigoon subprovince, and a ~2,639 Ma lamprophyre in the western Wawa subprovince; locally defined by variably high gravity and magnetic signatures.

Mafic intrusions including pyroxenite, peridotite, gabbro, and lamprophyre (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Mafic intrusions including pyroxenite, peridotite, gabbro, and lamprophyre. Defined largely by magnetic signature. One intrusion in Morrison County is ~1,791 Ma, and lithologically similar intrusions cut the Foley Granite (~1,774 Ma).

Gray granodiorite to granite intrusions (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Gray granodiorite to granite intrusions. Includes the Reformatory (~1,783 Ma), Freedhem (~1,775, 1,776 Ma), Isle (~1,779 Ma), and Warman (~1,787 Ma) intrusions.

Undifferentiated (Cenomanian to Campanian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, shale, marlstone, siltstone, and minor lignite, deposited in marine and non-marine settings; likely Cenomanian to Campanian age. Unit outline is the product of contouring the stratigraphic top and base, from which an isopach grid was created. Because the distribution is patchy, unit boundaries were drawn from the gridded data to represent locations where more than 25 feet (8 meters) of thickness occurs. As a result, many areas outside of the unit boundaries may be overlain by thin Cretaceous strata and the unit is depicted without a contact line.

Iron-formation in the Cuyuna North and South Ranges and Mille Lacs Group (Paleoproterozoic) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Iron-formation in the Cuyuna North and South Ranges and Mille Lacs Group. Includes the Trommald Formation. Unit description from GEOLEX - Trommald Formation: interlayered cherty and slaty iron-formation, moderately deformed and weakly metamorphosed.