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- Johnny Lyon granodiorite
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- Granodiorite
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
Summary:
Of Johnny Lyon Hills, Cochise Co, AZ in the Southwestern Basin-and-Range region, about 50 mi east of Tucson, shown as 615 to 815 m.y. by Alpha-lead method. [Information taken from unpublished California Institute of Technology doctoral thesis of Leon T. Silver, 1955.] Is of Precambrian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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- Johnny Lyon Granodiorite
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
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Unconformably overlain by younger Precambrian Apache Group. Based on uranium-lead method used on zircons believed to be 1,660 m.y. old. Is in the Southwestern Basin-and-Range region.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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- Johnny Lyon granodiorite*
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
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Forms a slightly zoned pluton with biotite predominant over hornblende. Intruded Pinal schist after deformation of Pinal. Mapped on west side of quad, Southwestern Basin-and-Range region. Consists of granodiorite that is uniform in mineral composition and texture, except for: 1) hybrid phase associated with inclusions; 2) pegmatites and aplites; 3) hydrothermal alteration zones; 4) wide variety of cataclastic modifications. These 4 phases make up 2 or 3 percent of total area of the exposed intrusive body. The main phase is medium- to coarse-grained, somewhat porphyritic, gray to gray-green hornblende-biotite granodiorite. Principal minerals are coarse white plagioclase, gray quartz, pink potassium feldspar, dark-green platy biotite, and greenish-black prismatic hornblende. The hybrid granodiorite is variable in texture and in composition; the amount of coarse hornblende is increased, and the amount of potassium feldspar and quartz decreased. Aplite and pegmatite dikes are great in number and small in size (600-800 ft long; 40-50 ft wide). Three nearly parallel bands of shearing and intense alteration 100 to 400 ft wide and 2.5 to nearly 5 mi characterized by a central shear zone, locally silicified, and a bordering envelope of granodiorite mapped. Many zones of sheared granodiorite formed during the Laramide. Age of 1,660 +/-30 m.y. U-Pb relations in zircons.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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- Johnny Lyon Granodiorite*
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
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Mapped on east and west sides of San Pedro River and extended with question to east edge of Rincon Mountains, Cochise Co, AZ in the Southwestern Basin-and-Range region. Age changed from early Precambrian to Precambrian Y age. Forms western half of small batholith which intrudes Continental Granodiorite.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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- Johnny Lyon Granodiorite*
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
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Age changed from Precambrian Y in Cochise Co, AZ in the Southwestern Basin-and-Range region to Precambrian X with age of 1,630 m.y.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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