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Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)

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Mesozoic granite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite, and quartz diorite
State California
Name Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges)
Geologic age Permian to Tertiary; most Mesozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodiorite (Pluton)
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Tonalite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Quartz-diorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-monzonite (Pluton)
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite (Dike or sill)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Monzodiorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Monzonite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Quartz-monzodiorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Aplite (Dike or sill)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Tonalite > Trondhjemite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Syenitic > Quartz-syenite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Alaskite (Dike or sill)
Comments Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Transverse Ranges and Mojave Desert. Primarily granodiorite, tonalite, quartz monzonite, and granite ranging in age from Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. Includes some rocks as old as Permian and possibly a few as young as Tertiary. Three main periods of emplacement (Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous); wide variety of rock types
Stratigraphic units Atolia Quartz Monzonite, Coxcomb Granodiorite, Holcomb Quartz Monzonite, Lar Quartz Diorite, Liebre Quartz Monzonite, Mount Pinos Granite, Palms "Granite" (Quartz Monzonite), Sands Granite, Teutonia Quartz Monzonite, White Tank Quartz Monzonite, Vermont Quartz Diorite, Cadiz Valley Batholith, Barcroft Granodiorite, Bass Lake Tonalite, Big Baldy Granite, Boundary Peak Granite, Bridalveil Granite, Burnside Lake Adamellite, Cabin Granodiorite, Cactus Point Granite, Carson Pass Tonalite, Cathedral Peak Granite, Clover Creek Granodiorite, Cottonwood Adamellite, Cow Creek Granodiorite, Dinkey Creek Granodiorite, Ebbetts Pass Granodiorite, El Capitan Granite, Evolution Basin Alaskite, Giant Forest Granodiorite, Half Dome Quartz Monzonite, Hunter Mountain Quartz Monzonite, Inconsolable Granodiorite, Isabella Granodiorite, Johnson Granite Porphyry, Knowles Granodiorite, Lake Edison Granodiorite, Lamarck Granodiorite, Leaning Tower Quartz Monzonite, Lebec Quartz Monzonite, Leidy Adamellite, Lodgepole Granite, Lookout Peak Tonalite, McAfee Adamellite, Mitchell Peak Granodiorite, Mono Creek Granite, Mount Clark Granite, Mount Givens Granodiorite, Pear Lake Quartz Monzonite, Paradise Granodiorite, Pellesier Granite, Pohono Granodiorite, Potwisha Quartz Diorite, Round Valley Peak Granodiorite, Sacatar Quartz Diorite, Sage Hen Adamellite, Sentinel Granodiorite, Stanislaus Meadow Adamellite, Taft Granite, Tamarack Leuco-Adamellite, Tejon Lookout Granite, Tinemaha Granodiorite, Tungsten Hills Quartz Monzonite, Ward Mountain Trondhjemite, Weaver Lake Quartz Monzonite, Wheeler Crest Quartz Monzonite, Whitney Granodiorite. Hunter Mountain Batholith, Inyo Batholith, Sierra Nevada Batholith. Bald Rock Pluton, Bucks Lake Pluton, Bullfrog Pluton, Cartridge Pass Pluton, Cascade Pluton, Dragon Pluton, Grizzly Pluton, Independence Pluton, Merrimac Pluton, Paiute Monument Pluton, Papoose Flat Pluton, Pat Keyes Pluton, Sage Hen Flat Pluton, Santa Rita Flat Pluton, Swedes Flat Pluton. Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, John Muir Intrusive Suite, Shaver Intrusive Suite, Palisade Crest Intrusive Suite, Scheelite Intrusive Suite, Fine Gold Intrusive Suite, Soldier Pass Intrusive Suite, Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite
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