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    The Cathedral Peak Granodiorite (CPG) was named after its type locality, Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park, California. The granodiorite forms...
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    between the rock and water, both shining alike. The Cathedral Peak Granodiorite of Cathedral Peak is an intrusion into an area of older intrusive (or...
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    Cretaceous Period. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite Geology of the Yosemite area Half Dome Granodiorite Johnson Granite Porphyry Kuna Crest Granodiorite Sentinel granodiorite...
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    glaciers carving out the granite material; also see Cathedral Peak Granodiorite. The tops of the peaks in the range were above the level of the highest glaciation...
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    Cathedral Peak Granodiorite R.J. Secor (2009), The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, p. 445 "Stanton Peak, California"...
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    Half Dome Granodiorite and Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, but is lowest in Kuna Crest granodiorite. Kuna Crest granodiorite is tied to Kuna Peak, also in...
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    It is younger than Sentinel granodiorite (88.4 Ma), and older than Cathedral Peak granite (83.7 Ma). Half Dome Granodiorite is the Valley's youngest plutonic...
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    Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada Buffalo Soldiers (park rangers) Cathedral Peak Granodiorite Chinquapin, California List of birds of Yosemite National Park...
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    Bridalveil Granodiorite Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Geology of the Yosemite area Granite of Rancheria Mountain Half Dome Granodiorite Johnson...
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    Granodiorite, Cathedral Peak Granite, and Kuna Crest Granodiorite. The largest pluton of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is Cathedral Peak Granodiorite,...
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  • with accessory phases of; sphene, allanite, apatite, magnetite. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Fine Gold Intrusive Suite Geology of the Yosemite...
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    Interior. Vogelsang Pass, like the rest of the Cathedral Range, is formed out of Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, which was formed approximately 87 million years...
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    3 mi) to 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) deep magma chamber, made of Half Dome granodiorite of the Tuolumne batholith. Tuolumne batholith (also, the Tuolumne Intrusive...
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    chamber consisting of granodiorite porphyry. The standard ascent route for East Spanish Peak ascends the west ridge of the peak from the saddle between...
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    further reading Cathedral Peak Granodiorite El Capitan Granite Half Dome Granodiorite Kuna Crest Granodiorite Sentinel granodiorite Kiver, Eugene P.;...
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  • Thumbnail for Hiking, rock climbing, and mountain climbing around Tuolumne Meadows
    a very strong form of granite, plus granodiorite; see Cathedral Peak Granodiorite and Kuna Crest Granodiorite. It has a tendency to exfoliation, which...
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    geologists the Peaks were found to be masses of granite, granodiorite, and syenodiorite. Among the most unusual features of the Spanish Peaks are the great...
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    the Yosemite area May Lake Lower Cathedral Lake and Tuolumne Peak Mount Hoffman (L) and Tuolumne Peak (R) "Tuolumne Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved...
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    found. The Fairview Peak area is part of the Colorado Mineral Belt. While the mountain itself is dominated by Proterozoic granodiorite, the lower slopes...
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    including Cathedral Rocks, Three Brothers, and El Capitan. The youngest Yosemite Valley pluton is the 87-million-year-old Half Dome granodiorite, which makes...
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    Rafferty Peak is an 11,110-foot-elevation (3,386 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in California, United States. It is situated...
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    Fletcher Peak is an 11,410-foot-elevation (3,478 meter) mountain summit located in Yosemite National Park, in Mariposa County, California, United States...
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    and granodiorite porphyry. Carbon Peak was glaciated, and the most prominent glacial cirque is located on the north side of the mountain. Carbon Peak, along...
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    Cathedral Park is home to teal sub-alpine lakes, vast ridges and jarred peaks, old-growth forests, and rock formations of siltstone, granodiorite, and...
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    Coarse-grained pinkish to reddish granite Coarse-grained gray to black granodiorite Fined-grained pinkish to gray granite Black Dolerite Some of the monuments...
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    between joints is controlled by the amount of silica in the granite and granodiorite rocks; more silica tends to create a more resistant rock, resulting in...
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    The bulk of Crested Butte is composed of quartz monzonite porphyry and granodiorite porphyry. The lower slopes consist of Mancos Shale overlain with debris...
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    coloration of the mountains at sunset. The pink is due to large exposures of granodiorite cliffs, and the green is due to large swaths of conifer forests. However...
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  • unique biogeographic and ecological patterns. Some of the more prominent peaks of the range include Mount Strathbogie (1,033 metres (3,389 ft)), Mount...
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    small area of intrusive rock of Devonian age consisting of granite and granodiorite near Paddys Hill and a larger area of similar material of Silurian age...
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