Glen Creek Gabbro, Sandy Creek Gabbro, Mount Sheridan Gabbro
Underlies
Mount Scott Granite
Overlies
Glen Mountain Layered Complex
Lithology
Primary
Biotite gabbro
Location
Region
Cambrian Wichita Igneous Province of Southwestern Oklahoma
Country
United States
Type section
Named for
Roosevelt, Oklahoma
Range of the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen, where the Roosevelt Gabbros intrude throughout.
The Roosevelt Gabbros are one of the formations that make up the Wichita Mountains in the Wichita Igneous Province
The Roosevelt Gabbros are an intrusive igneous geological formation in southwestern Oklahoma. They are one of two formations recognized in the Raggedy Mountain Gabbro Group, the other being the Glen Mountain Layered Complex. The Roosevelt Gabbros are generally characterized as biotite gabbros, which form many dikes and sills through the older Glen Mountain Layered Complex. They are named after the town of Roosevelt in Kiowa County, Oklahoma.
Mountain Gabbro Group, the other being the Glen Mountain Layered Complex. The RooseveltGabbros are generally characterized as biotite gabbros, which form...
Relatively small and compositionally distinct plutons, known as the RooseveltGabbros, are found in the eastern and central Wichita Mountains. Like the...
these rocks are a multitude of gabbros, including anorthosite, titanium-rich, iron-rich, phosphorus-rich, and biotite gabbros. Also included are rhyolites...
there are the Gardar alkaline pegmatitic intrusions of augite syenite, gabbro, etc. To the west and southwest are Palaeozoic carbonatite complexes at...
highest summit of the Cascade Mountains and Washington Mount Redoubt Mount Roosevelt Mount Rose Mount Ross Mount Saul Mount Scott Mount Seattle Mount Sefrit...
there are various isolated mountains. Some of these are: the Tebu, the Roosevelt peak and the Voltzberg. Some of these mountains have flat shapes, for...
Charcoal was produced from the many trees in the local forests. Limestone and gabbro were used as flux. Hot air powered by large waterwheels was blasted into...
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