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Monzonite

Precambrian › Archean › Neoarchean
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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 15 › Drawer E

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Large samples of pink monzonite. Plagioclase-potassium feldspar-amphibole-quartz.

Garrison monzonite is ~20km diameter stock that forms host rock at Buffonta (see pages 15-18 of field trip guide NorthernOntario.pdf)

Ontario 2011

Canada
adjacent to Buffonta pit in Kirkland Lake kimberlite field, Ontario
Latitude: 48.4777°
Longitude: -79.9524°

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NorthernOntario.pdf (11.8 MB)
Donaldson, J. A. and Munro, I., 1982, Excursion 16B: Precambrian geology of the Cobalt area, northern Ontario, Carleton University Field Trip Guide