Metagranito del Monte Mucrone

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,42%,51%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 225 G: 130 B: 110
Rank
lithostratigraphic unit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Monte-Mucrone-Metagranit
Français
Métagranite du Monte Mucrone
Italiano
Metagranito del Monte Mucrone
English
Monte Mucrone Metagranite
Origin of the Name
Monte Mucrone (Italia), SW Biella
Historical Variants
Jadeite-bearing metagranites in the Monte Mucrone area (Compagnoni et al. 1974), --- (Oberhänsli et al. 1985), Monte Mucrone eclogites (Hurford & Hunziker 1985), jadeite-bearing granitoid rocks of Mucrone (Pfeifer et al. 1991), Monte Mucrone metagranite (Bussy et al. 1998)

Age

Age at top
  • Early Permian
Age at base
  • Late Carboniferous (= Pennsylvanian)
Dating Method
293 +1/-2 Ma (U/Pb sur zircon et monazite; Bussy et al. 1998). Eclogisation autour de 85 - 65 Ma.
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