Little Cottonwood stock

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Little Cottonwood stock is a large granitic intrusive body in the Wasatch Range of Utah that forms much of the bedrock and dramatic cliffs of Little Cottonwood Canyon.

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Little Cottonwood stock canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf batholith-related intrusion ⓘ
granitic intrusive body ⓘ
plutonic rock body ⓘ
age Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic (interpreted) ⓘ
Precambrian ⓘ
associatedWith Little Cottonwood Canyon glacial geomorphology ⓘ
steep valley walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
erodedBy Pleistocene glaciers ⓘ
modern fluvial processes ⓘ
exposedAt surface in Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
forms bedrock of Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
cliffs above Alta ski area ⓘ
cliffs above Snowbird ski area ⓘ
dramatic cliffs of Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
jointed and fractured cliff faces ⓘ
geologicSetting Wasatch Range core ⓘ
intrudes surrounding metamorphic rocks of the Wasatch Range ⓘ
lithology granite ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ
locatedIn Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wasatch Range ⓘ
mineralogy biotite-bearing ⓘ
feldspar-rich ⓘ
quartz-rich ⓘ
namedAfter Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ
overlainBy younger sedimentary rocks in adjacent areas ⓘ
partOf basement complex of the central Wasatch Range ⓘ
rockType coarse-grained plutonic rock ⓘ
studiedIn igneous petrology of the central Rocky Mountains ⓘ
structural geology of the Wasatch Range ⓘ
tectonicSetting Cordilleran orogen ⓘ
usedFor rock climbing routes in Little Cottonwood Canyon ⓘ

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Little Cottonwood Canyon → geologicalFeature → Little Cottonwood stock ⓘ