- Usage in publication:
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- Hualpai granite
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Plateau sedimentary province
Summary:
Pg. 60. Hualpai granite [On figure name is spelled Hualapai granite]. Name used to distinguish rock units in trace element study and as used herein "have no claim to priority". Composed of coarse-grained biotite granite. Is part of Cerbat complex. Not observed in contact with Boriana granodiorite (new) (also of Cerbat complex). Entire Hualpai Range [now Hualapai Mountains] has been mapped by Schrader (1909) as Precambrian complex. Age is Precambrian.
[Type locality not stated.] Occurs in massive uniform outcrops in vicinity of Hualpai [Hualapai] Park, forms Hualpai [Hualapai] Peak, and extends for several miles southward in Hualpai Range [Hualapai Mountains]. Derivation of name not stated, but probably named from Hualpai Range [Hualapai Mountains] northwest AZ.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 350); GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
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