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  • Usage in publication:
    • Red Bluff granite
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Southwestern Basin-and-Range region
Publication:

Nelson, L.A., 1940, Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Franklin Mountains, West Texas: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 24, no. 1, p. 157-172. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


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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