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The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak is one of several
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Geology of California Geology of Yosemite National Park {{US-geology-stub
The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak is one of several intrusive suite
An intrusive suite is a group of plutons related in time and space.Glazner, Allen F, Stock, Greg M. (2010). ''Geology Underfoot in Yosemite''. Mountain Press, p. 45. . All rocks in an intrusive suite result from the same magma-producing event.The ...
s in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...
. These also include:
# Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
The Fine Gold Intrusive Suite is one of several intrusive suites that crosses into Yosemite National Park. These also include
# Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
# Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
# Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak
# In ...
# Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
# Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
# Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass
# Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley
# Tuolumne Intrusive Suite
The Tuolumne Intrusive Suite is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include
# Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
# Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
# Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
# Intrusive Suite of Mer ...
Geology
The Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak dates to roughly 98 Ma. The formation dates tomid-Cretaceous
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the ...
. It lies within the volcanogenic Minarets sequence, and comprises the granodiorite
Granodiorite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.
The term banatite is sometimes used informally for various rocks ranging from gra ...
of Jackass Lakes and the leucogranites of Timber Knob and Norris Creek. Most of the suite is the former.
See also
*Merced Peak
Merced Peak, with an elevation of , is the highest point in the Clark Range, just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak (11,704 feet), Gray Peak (11,578 feet), and Mount Clark (11,527 feet).
Merced Peak is located close to southern border o ...
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Geology of California Geology of Yosemite National Park {{US-geology-stub