Schematic Maps and Cross Sections of Intrusion of Birch Creek Pluton. Black polygon outlines eventual outcrop area of pluton. Green/Gray = Wyman Formation; Yellow = Reed Formation; Blue = Deep Spring Formation; Orange = Campito Formation; Red = granite. A-A' is line of cross section. Horizontal line is present level of erosion. |
1. White Mountain anticline formed before intrusion of pluton. | 2. Several steep faults, east side up, cut the east flank of the anticline. | 3. One of the faults was a conduit for the intrusion, which pushed part of the faulted Reed Formation into the core of the anticline. |
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