State | Utah |
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Name | Silver City Monzonite, Sunrise Peak Monzonite Porphyry, Swanson Quartz Monzonite |
Geologic age | Late Eocene to Oligocene |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Monzonite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodiorite (Pluton)Swanson Quartz monzonite is altered Packard (Hintze, 1988)
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Quartz-monzodiorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Quartz-diorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Monzodiorite (Pluton)
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Comments | includes rocks that host Bingham Canyon porphyry copper deposit |
References | Hintze, L.F., 1980, Geologic map of Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, scale 1:500,000.Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, 202 p.Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, 202 p.Nutt and Ludington, open fileHannah, J. L., Stein, H. J., and Snee, L.W., 1995, Examining the caldera-ore deposit connection; hydrothermal activity during resurgence of the Tintic Caldera, Utah [abst.] Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 27, no. 6, p.327.Hannah, J. L., Stein, H. J., and Snee, L.W., 1995, Examining the caldera-ore deposit connection; hydrothermal activity during resurgence of the Tintic Caldera, Utah [abst.] Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 27, no. 6, p.327. |
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Counties | Juab - Millard - Salt Lake - Sevier - Tooele - Utah |