| State | Texas |
|---|---|
| Name | Granite |
| Geologic age | preCambrian (Proterozoic); Grenville Series |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic (Batholith)
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| Comments | Franklin Mtns: Red Bluff Granite, medium to coarse grained, massive, pink to red, disintegrates readily on weathering; intrudes all other Precambrian rocks. Southern Hueco Mtns.: granite coarse grained, red. (from Geologic Atlas of Texas, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, 1968) |
| Stratigraphic units | Red Bluff Granite |
| References | Bureau of Economic Geology, 1968, Van Horn-El Paso Sheet, Geologic Atlas of Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, scale 1:250,000.Bureau of Economic Geology, 1992, Geologic Map of Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Virgil E. Barnes, project supervisor, Hartmann, B.M. and Scranton, D.F., cartography, scale 1:500,000. |
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| Counties | El Paso - Hudspeth |