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    • Giants Range Granite*
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  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Lake Superior region
Publication:

Sims, P.K., 1976, Early Precambrian tectonic-igneous evolution in the Vermilion district, northeastern Minnesota: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 87, no. 3, p. 379-389.


Summary:

Part of Giants Range batholith in Vermilion district, northeastern MN in the Lake Superior region. Consists of monzonite, quartz monzonite, and other granitoid rocks. Generalized geologic map, chemical analysis. Is Late Archean in age.

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


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