Sierra Nevada batholith

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The Sierra Nevada batholith is a massive granitic rock formation underlying much of California’s Sierra Nevada range, formed by ancient magma intrusions during Mesozoic subduction along the western edge of North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf batholith
geologic formation
plutonic complex
ageRange approximately 220 to 80 million years ago
associatedWith Cordilleran magmatic arc
Farallon Plate subduction
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantMinerals K-feldspar
biotite
hornblende
plagioclase feldspar
quartz
exposedAs Sierra Nevada crest plutons
exposedIn Kings Canyon National Park
Sequoia National Park
Yosemite National Park
formedAlong western margin of North America
formedBy magma intrusion
subduction-related magmatism
formedDuring Cretaceous
Jurassic
Late Triassic
Mesozoic
geologicProvince Sierra Nevada
intrudedInto Paleozoic and early Mesozoic sedimentary rocks
metamorphic country rocks
length over 600 kilometers
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Sierra Nevada
United States of America
surface form: United States
orientation north-northwest trending
orogeny Sierra Nevada orogeny
partOf North American Cordillera
primaryComposition felsic intrusive igneous rocks
relatedTo Coast Plutonic Complex
Idaho batholith
Peninsular Ranges Batholith
surface form: Peninsular Ranges batholith
rockType granite
granitoid
granodiorite
tonalite
significance classic example of a continental arc batholith
major component of the Sierra Nevada crust
studiedFor Mesozoic tectonics of western North America
arc crust formation
magmatic differentiation processes
tectonicSetting continental magmatic arc
underlies Sierra Nevada
surface form: Sierra Nevada mountain range

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Great Western Divide partOf Sierra Nevada batholith
North Palisade geologicProvince Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Peninsular Ranges Batholith relatedTo Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Kaweah River headwaters within Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada batholith region
South Guard geologicProvince Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Mount Brewer massif geologicalProvince Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Mount Watkins partOf Sierra Nevada batholith
Mother Lode gold belt geologicalSetting Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt
Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River watershed geologicProvince Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Sierra Nevada orogeny produced Sierra Nevada batholith
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block containsFeature Sierra Nevada batholith
Mammoth Crest liesWithin Sierra Nevada batholith
this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada batholith region