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Stock (geology)

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Through Geology and Igneous rock

Lab · Class 6–8The Rock Cycle & Soil

Examples

  • the Alta and Clayton Peak stocks (composed of granodiorite), near Park City, Utah
  • the Hellroaring Creek and Salal Creek stocks (of granite-granodiorite and quartz monzonite, respectively) in British Columbia, Canada
  • the Céret stock (of gabbro and diorite) in Pyrénées-Orientales, France
  • the Parashi stock (of tonalite) in La Guajira Department, Colombia
  • stocks of syenite in the Caldera de Tejeda on Gran Canaria
  • Ailsa Craig granitic boss, which forms a volcanic plug, in Scotland

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