The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak is one of several
intrusive suites in
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The p ...
. These also include:
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Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
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Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
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Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
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Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass
The Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass (also, the Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite) is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include
# Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
# Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
# Intrusive Suite ...
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Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley
The Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley (see Yosemite Valley) is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include
# Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
# Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
# Intrusive Suite of Jack Main ...
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Johnson Granite Porphyry
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Tuolumne Intrusive Suite
The Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is the youngest and most extensive of the intrusive suites of Yosemite National Park, and also comprises about 1/3 of the park's area. The Suite includes Half Dome Granodiorite, Cathedral Peak Granite, and Kuna Cr ...
Geology
The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak dates to roughly 98
Ma.
The formation dates to
mid-Cretaceous. It lies within the
volcanogenic Minarets sequence, and comprises the
granodiorite
Granodiorite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
The term banatite is sometimes used informally for various rocks ranging from gra ...
of Jackass Lakes and the
leucogranites of Timber Knob and Norris Creek. Most of the suite is the former.
See also
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Merced Peak
References
External links
One reference
Geology of California
Geology of Yosemite National Park
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