A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | View west of red granite and basalt quarry of the North Shore Volcanic Group, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota |
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| Description | View west of a quarry in the North Shore Volcanic Group including red granite and basalt, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. The red granite has intruded the basalt resulting in dikes and basaltic xenoliths. Quarry material has been used for construction in the Duluth area. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Late Proterozoic, Keweenawan |
| Lithostratigraphy | North Shore Volcanic Group |
| Geologic province | Midcontinent Rift |
| Location | USA ▹ Minnesota ▹ St. Louis. Near Duluth. Duluth Quadrangle. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 2002-02-21. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman C08862. |
| Key words | rip-rap quarry, xenoliths |
| Tech details | 534 KB. Outcrop. Kodachrome, TIFF. |
| GeoDIL number | 2418 |
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