- Usage in publication:
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- Feliz granodiorite
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granodiorite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Los Angeles basin
Summary:
Pg. 7 (table 1), 12-14, pl. 1. Feliz granodiorite. Name applied to fine- to medium-grained granodiorite that occurs in Feliz pluton. Except for microbreccia in western end of Riverside fault block, Feliz granodiorite is confined to Mount Hollywood fault block where it is in intrusive-fault contact with older quartz diorite and with metamorphosed basic igneous rocks. Suggested sequence of intrusion in area is Vermont quartz diorite (new), Lar quartz diorite (new), and Feliz granodiorite. Age is pre-Cretaceous(?).
Exposed in Griffith Park and for short distance south of Los Feliz Boulevard, city of Los Angeles, southern CA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1334).
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