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  • Usage in publication:
    • California granite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Buddington, A.F., 1929, Granite phacoliths and their contact zones in the northwest Adirondacks: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 281, p. 51-107.


Summary:

Derivation of name not given. California granite mass forms California phacolith in Lake Bonaparte quad and extends into Antwerp quad. Intrudes Grenville series.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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