- Usage in publication:
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- Baboquivari Granite*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Basin-and-Range province
Summary:
Pg. 15. Baboquivari Granite. A reddish coarse-grained porphyritic rock containing large orthoclase phenocrysts and conspicuous clusters of chlorite. In fault contact with Mesozoic(?) rocks of area along their southern boundary (Pitoikam Formation and Mulberry Wash Volcanic Formation). Age is Tertiary(?).
Constitutes Baboquivari Peak, Baboquivari Mountains, Papago Indian Reservation, [Pima Co.], southwestern AZ.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 39).
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