Little Cottonwood stock
E614342
Little Cottonwood stock is a large granitic intrusive body in the Wasatch Range of Utah that forms much of the bedrock and dramatic cliffs of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
batholith-related intrusion
ⓘ
granitic intrusive body ⓘ plutonic rock body ⓘ |
| age |
Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic (interpreted)
ⓘ
Precambrian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Little Cottonwood Canyon glacial geomorphology
ⓘ
steep valley walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| erodedBy |
Pleistocene glaciers
ⓘ
modern fluvial processes ⓘ |
| exposedAt | surface in Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ |
| forms |
bedrock of Little Cottonwood Canyon
ⓘ
cliffs above Alta ski area ⓘ cliffs above Snowbird ski area ⓘ dramatic cliffs of Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ jointed and fractured cliff faces ⓘ |
| geologicSetting | Wasatch Range core ⓘ |
| intrudes | surrounding metamorphic rocks of the Wasatch Range ⓘ |
| lithology |
granite
ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Little Cottonwood Canyon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Utah ⓘ Wasatch Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mineralogy |
biotite-bearing
ⓘ
feldspar-rich ⓘ quartz-rich ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Little Cottonwood Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy | younger sedimentary rocks in adjacent areas ⓘ |
| partOf | basement complex of the central Wasatch Range ⓘ |
| rockType | coarse-grained plutonic rock ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
igneous petrology of the central Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
structural geology of the Wasatch Range ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Cordilleran orogen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | rock climbing routes in Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.