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  • Usage in publication:
    • Leatherwood quartz diorite*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Quartz diorite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Bromfield, C.S., 1952, Some geologic features of the Santa Catalina Mountains, IN Shride, A.F., ed., Guidebook for field trip excursions in southern Arizona: Arizona Geological Society Guidebook, p. 51-55.


Summary:

Fig. 12 (geol. map; cites an open file map by B.N. Moore and AZ state geol. map). Leatherwood quartz diorite. Mapped in northeastern part of Santa Catalina Mountains, northeast of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Age is considered Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Leatherwood quartz diorite
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Peirce, F.L., 1958, Structure and petrography of part of the Santa Catalina Mountains [Arizona]: Dissertation Abstracts, v. 19, no. 2, p. 300.


Summary:

Leatherwood quartz diorite. Orogeny which apparently took place during Laramide time was accompanied by emplacement of Leatherwood quartz diorite which was followed by emplacement of Catalina granite (new). [Age is post-Cretaceous.]
See also: Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest [1st Ann.], p. 53-54, Oct. 1958.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2128); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Leatherwood quartz diorite
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

DuBois, R.L., 1959, Geology of the Santa Catalina Mountains [Arizona], IN Heindl, L.A., ed., Southern Arizona guidebook II: Arizona Geological Society Guidebook, p. 106-116., Also issued as Arizona Geol. Soc. Digest, v. 2


Summary:

Pg. 113-114. Leatherwood quartz diorite. Ranges from massive to gneissic in texture and generally composed of biotite, quartz, oligoclase, and epidote. Comprises stock that intrudes Cretaceous rocks.
Occurs on northeastern slope of Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima Co., southeastern AZ.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2128).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Leatherwood quartz diorite*
  • Modifications:
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Basin-and-Range province
Publication:

Anderson, J.L., Barth, A.P., and Young, E.D., 1988, Mid-crustal Cretaceous roots of Cordilleran metamorphic core complexes: Geological Society of America, Geology, v. 16, no. 4, p. 366-369.


Summary:

Pg. 366, 367, 368. Leatherwood quartz diorite of Santa Catalina complex (after Keith and others, 1980, GSA Mem. 153). Contains aluminous hornblende and large euhedral crystals of epidote partly or totally enclosed in biotite. Estimated time of emplacement 68 +/-8 Ma [Late Cretaceous] at depth of 20.7 +/-1.1 km (5.6 +/-0.3 kbar, 789 +/-3 deg. C).

Source: Publication.


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