Mokelumne Peak
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Mokelumne Peak is a peak in the Mokelumne Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Amador County, California, consisting of metamorphic and granitic rock.
Mokelumne Peak Dec 2021
Sierra Nevada Batholith
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The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith that is approximately 400 miles long and 60-80 miles wide which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, exposed at the surfac
Mokelumne Peak
…extending over an area of 15 square miles (39 km2). These rocks were originally Jurassic or Cretaceous age, but were metamorphosed when plutons of the Sierra Nevada batholith intruded in the Cretaceous. The pendant may be several thousand feet thick. Rocks of the pendant include quartz-feldspar-biotite schist and gneiss. The…
Half Dome, Yosemite, a classic granite dome of the Sierra Nevada Batholith