Pikes Peak granite

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Pikes Peak granite is a distinctive, coarse-grained Precambrian igneous rock that forms much of Colorado’s Front Range, including the summit region of Pikes Peak and surrounding mountains.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pikes Peak granite canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian rock ⓘ
felsic intrusive rock ⓘ
granite ⓘ
igneous rock ⓘ
plutonic rock ⓘ
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears 1100 ⓘ
associatedRockType aplite dikes ⓘ
pegmatite dikes ⓘ
associatedWith Pikes Peak batholith ⓘ
collectingInterest source of gem-quality amazonite ⓘ
source of smoky quartz crystals ⓘ
color pink ⓘ
reddish ⓘ
commonMineral biotite ⓘ
hornblende ⓘ
plagioclase feldspar ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
containsMineral amazonite ⓘ
fluorite ⓘ
smoky quartz ⓘ
topaz ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantMineral microcline feldspar ⓘ
potassium feldspar ⓘ
economicUse decorative stone ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ
formedBy crystallization of magma at depth ⓘ
forms core of Pikes Peak ⓘ
large portions of Colorado’s Front Range ⓘ
geochemicalType alkali-rich ⓘ
silica-rich ⓘ
geologicAge Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesoproterozoic Era

Precambrian ⓘ
geologicProvince Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
grainSize coarse-grained ⓘ
intrusiveBodyType batholith ⓘ
lithology coarse-grained granite ⓘ
namedAfter Pikes Peak ⓘ
notableLocality Cheyenne Mountain area ⓘ
Pikes Peak summit region ⓘ
linked to: Pikes Peak region

Rampart Range ⓘ
outcropsIn Colorado ⓘ
Front Range ⓘ
Pikes Peak ⓘ
tectonicSetting A-type granite ⓘ
anorogenic ⓘ
texture phaneritic ⓘ
weatheringStyle forms rounded domes and tors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cheyenne Mountain → geology → Pikes Peak granite ⓘ