granodiorite


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granodiorite

[¦gra·nō′dī·ə‚rīt]
(petrology)
A visibly crystalline plutonic rock composed chiefly of sodic plagioclase, alkali feldspar, quartz, and subordinate dark-colored minerals.
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The total amount of rare earth element of granodiorite and quartz diorite in this area is between 100 and 155x[10.
Metallogenic Dynamics Background of Ga'erqiong Cu-Au Deposit in Tibet, China/Origen de las dinamicas metalogenicas para el yacimiento de cobre y oro Ga'erqiong en Tibet, China
Those authors divided the plutonic rocks into the Big Brook and Marble Mountain plutons, of mainly granodiorite composition, and the West Bay Pluton, composed of coarse-grained monzogranite.
Field relations, age, and tectonic setting of metamorphic and plutonic rocks in the Creignish Hills--North Mountain area, southwestern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Vlc-2 granodiorite was selected for the present study because of its apparent relationship to the still undated Pilsotas phase of the Palaeoproterozoic charnockites and its simultaneously rather numerous similarities with the later granitoids.
Early mesoproterozoic magmatism in northwestern Lithuania: a new U-Pb zircon dating/Vara-mesoproterosoikumi magmatismi ilmingud loode-Leedus: uued tsirkoonide U-Pb isotoopdateeringud
Mineralization in the Moein Abad area occurred in the contact points of limestone metamorphosed with metavolcanic units or granodiorite.
Economic geology of prospecting areas of Moein Abad, Qaen, South Khorasan, East of Iran
One of the main rock groups encountered at this site is composed of igneous rocks such as granite, granodiorite, dolerite, basalt and rhyolite.
PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOME IGNEOUS ROCKS FROM RASKOH RANGE BALOCHISTAN
For samples 1 and 2 new isotopic ages determined in this work were used; for samples 3 and 4 (Lucy and Can-12) ages were taken from the Cuitaca Granodiorite published by Anderson and Silver (1977); for samples 5 and 6 (IntrCan and IntrMaria, respectively), the ages are from the Wodzicki (1995) work; and for sample 7 (Car-5) the age used was from the granodiorite reported by Valencia et al.
Genetic implications of new Sr and Nd isotopic data of the intrusive rocks from the Laramide Arc in Northern Sonora, Mexico/Implicaciones geneticas de nuevos datos de Sr y Nd de rocas intrusivas del Arco Laramide en el Norte de Sonora, Mexico
The two diamond holes, BNRC034 and BND004, both intersected gold mineralisation within a granodiorite intrusive with associated pervasive hematite-carbonate alteration, fine disseminated pyrite and shallow dipping east-west to northwestsoutheast striking quartz veins.
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The lithology of intrusive rocks consists of gabbro, diorite, quartz diorite, granodiorite, biotite granite and leucogranite.
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In the present study distinct intergrowths of titanite and ilmenite are described from a granodiorite dyke of the Krudum granite body in the Horni Slavkov-Krasno ore district.
Titanite-ilmenite assemblage in redwitzites of the Slavkovsky les Mts. (Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic)
The current drilling has resulted in the Hole PG09068A, which has intersected around 120m of veining and mineralisation within the West Granodiorite Zone target of the Rahill-Bonanza Property.
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8 Ga) crust; sparse volcano-sedimentary sequences enclosed in coeval tonalite-trondhjemite plutonic suites; voluminous granodiorite, granite, and pyroxene-bearing plutons (<2.
Government geoscience stimulates mineral exploration in the superior province, Northern Quebec
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the modal and geochemical characteristics of the Ti-rich granodiorite porphyries from the northeastern margin of the Klenov massif.
Ti-rich granodiorite porphyries from the northeastern margin of the Klenov massif (Moldanubian Zone of the Bohemian Massif)

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