- Usage in publication:
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- Red Bluff granite
- Modifications:
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
Summary:
Term Red Bluff granite proposed for the pre-Cambrian of the Franklin Mountains, El Paso Co, in Southwestern Basin-and-Range province. Occurs at Red Bluff Park [for which probably named] in McKelligon Canyon. No type locality designated. Lanoria quartzite present on east side of range, and a rhyolite porphyry on west slope. No thickness or description of Red Bluff granite given. Is of pre-Cambrian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
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