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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.
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Wyoming |
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Granitic rocks of 2,600-Ma Age Group |
Geologic age |
Late Archean |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodiorite
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary
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Counties |
Albany - Carbon - Converse - Crook - Fremont - Goshen - Hot Springs - Natrona - Niobrara - Park - Platte - Sublette - Teton
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