Global InformationIntrusive Suite of Sonora Pass information
| Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, | |
| Type | Suite |
| Location | |
| Region | Yosemite National Park |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sonora Pass |
 The Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass is visible, in light red | |
The Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass (also, the Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite) is one of several intrusive suites in Yosemite National Park. These also include
- Fine Gold Intrusive Suite
- Intrusive Suite of Buena Vista Crest
- Intrusive Suite of Jack Main Canyon
- Intrusive Suite of Merced Peak
- Intrusive Suite of Yosemite Valley
- Tuolumne Intrusive Suite
The Intrusive Suite of Sonora Pass is ~92-89 Ma, and is the northernmost of four large Late Cretaceous zoned intrusive suites in the central Sierra Nevada batholith.[1]
- ^ Leopold, Monika (May 2014). "Structure and Construction of the Cretaceous Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite, a large zoned intrusion of the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California". gsa.confex.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.