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plutonic rock

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plutonic rock [plü′tän·ik ′räk]
(geology)
A rock formed at considerable depth by crystallization of magma or by chemical alteration.
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With new technology, they (today's prospectors) can identify granitic, plutonic rocks and determine all the plutonic rocks of particular age that seem to have mineralization around them," Madonna says.
Have technology, will prospect by Pratt, Fred / Alaska Business Monthly
A new gold prospect was found in exposures of oxidized veins within intensely altered plutonic rocks along Quartz Creek at the north end of the claims.
New Gold Anomalies Discovered near Granite Mountain, Alaska by Business Wire
A new gold prospect at the north end of the claims yielded rock assays from 114 to 325 ppm over a distance of 1,700 feet along intensely altered and oxidized plutonic rock.
New Gold Anomalies Discovered with Potential for Significant Gold ... by Business Wire
 
 
 
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