Quartz monzonite
Igneous rock | |
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Quartz monzonite is an
The term adamellite was originally applied by A. Cathrein in 1890 to orthoclase-bearing tonalite (likely a granodiorite) at Monte Adamello, Italy, in 1890, but later came to refer to quartz monzonite. The term is now deprecated.[2]
Quartz monzonite
Geographic distribution
The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2019) |
United States
In the
Quartz monzonite extracted from a quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon was used to build several buildings in Salt Lake City, Utah, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Salt Lake Temple, Church Administration Building, and Conference Center, as well as the Utah State Capitol.[citation needed]
The large boulders of Joshua Tree National Park in southern California are quartz monzonite.[citation needed]
A large pluton in the Atlanta lobe of the Idaho Batholith, near McCall, Idaho, is made of quartz monzonite.[5]
The Guilford Quartz Monzonite and Woodstock Quartz Monzonite, probably comagmatic, are located in central Maryland.[citation needed]
Australia
In Queensland, Castle Hill, Mount Stuart and Mount Louisa around Townsville represent a large quartz monzonite province.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Classification of Igneous Rocks Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Titley, Spencer R. and Carol L. Hicks, Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, University of Arizona Press, 1966, p. 35
- ^ Billings, M.P. (1956). "The Geology of New Hampshire: Part II – Bedrock Geology". ngmdb.usgs.gov. New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ Idaho Batholith
External links
- Media related to Quartz monzonite at Wikimedia Commons