Sackhorn-Granit

Representation and status

Rank

lithostratigraphic unit

Validity

Unit is not in Use

Status

local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch

Sackhorn-Granit

Français

Granite du Sackhorn

English

Sackhorn Granite

Origin of the Name

Sackhorn (BE)/(VS)

Historical Variants

granites du Sackhorn (Gysin 1947), granites écrasés de l'arête Sackhorn-Grand-Hockenhorn (Gysin 1947)

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)

• Gastern

Kind of protolith

• plutonic

Metamorphism

non metamorphic