{"id":146,"date":"2021-09-16T19:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeography\/chapter\/3-5-intrusive-igneous-bodies-physical-geology-2nd-edition\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:38:36","slug":"3-5-intrusive-igneous-bodies-physical-geology-2nd-edition","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/chapter\/3-5-intrusive-igneous-bodies-physical-geology-2nd-edition\/","title":{"raw":"3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies \u2014 Physical Geology \u2013 2nd Edition","rendered":"3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies \u2014 Physical Geology \u2013 2nd Edition"},"content":{"raw":"<div>\r\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies<\/h1>\r\nIn most cases, a body of hot magma is less dense than the rock surrounding it, so it has a tendency to move very slowly up toward the surface. It does so in a few different ways, including filling and widening existing cracks, melting the surrounding rock (called\u00a0<button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"150-1226\">country rock<\/button><a id=\"return-footnote-150-1\" class=\"footnote\" title=\"\u201cCountry rock\u201d is not necessarily music to a geologist\u2019s ears. The term refers to the original \u201crock of the country\u201d or region, and hence the rock into which the magma intruded to form a pluton.\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/physicalgeology2ed\/chapter\/3-5-intrusive-igneous-bodies\/#footnote-150-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a>),\u00a0pushing the rock aside (where it is somewhat plastic), and breaking the rock. Where some of the country rock is broken off, it may fall into the magma, a process called <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stoping<\/span><\/strong>. The resulting fragments, illustrated in Figure 3.5.1, are known as <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">xenoliths<\/span><\/strong> (Greek for \u201cstrange rocks\u201d).\r\n<div id=\"attachment_141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/77\/Peridotite_mantle_xenoliths_in_vesicular_phonotephrite_%28Peridot_Mesa_Flow%2C_Middle_Pleistocene%2C_580_ka%3B_Peridot_Mesa%2C_San_Carlos_Volcanic_Field%2C_Arizona%29_9_%2831244990175%29.jpg\" \/>\r\n<div id=\"caption-attachment-148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.1 Xenoliths of gemmy green peridot (olivine) in dark-colored basalt, San Carlos Volcanic Field, Arizona. The fragments of peridot have been broken off as the basaltic molten rock migrated underground towards the surface.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nSome upward-moving magma reaches the surface, resulting in volcanic eruptions, but most cools within the crust. The resulting body of rock is known as a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">pluton<\/span><\/strong>. Plutons can have various different shapes and relationships to the surrounding country rock as shown in Figure 3.5.2.\r\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/physicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"511\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.2 Depiction of some of the types of plutons. a: stocks (if they coalesce at depth then they might become large enough to be called a batholith), b: sill (a tabular body, in this case parallel to bedding), c: dyke (cross-cuts bedding), d: laccolith (a sill that has pushed up the overlying rock layers), e: pipe (a cylindrical conduit feeding a volcano). The two features labelled f could be pipes or dykes, but from this perspective it\u2019s not possible to determine if they are cylindrical or tabular.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nLarge irregular-shaped plutons are called either <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stocks<\/span><\/strong> or <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">batholiths<\/span><\/strong>. The distinction between the two is made on the basis of the area that is exposed at the surface: if the body has an exposed surface area greater than 100 square kilometers (km<sup>2<\/sup>), then it\u2019s a batholith; smaller than 100 km<sup>2<\/sup> and it\u2019s a stock. Batholiths are typically formed only when a number of stocks coalesce beneath the surface to create one large body. A grand example of a batholith is Pikes Peak, west of Manitou Springs, CO. The entire mountain is essentially an old magma chamber (~ 1 Ga in age). that has been thrusted up by tectonic forces, and sculpted through time by weathering.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Tabular (sheet-like) plutons are distinguished on the basis of whether or not they are <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">concordant<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> with (i.e., parallel to) existing layering (e.g., sedimentary bedding or metamorphic foliation) in the country rock. A <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">sill<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> is concordant with existing layering, and a <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">dike<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> is <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">discordant <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">(Figure 3.5.3.)<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">. If the country rock has no bedding or foliation, then any tabular body within it is a dike. Note that the sill-versus-dike designation is not determined simply by the orientation of the feature. A dike can be horizontal and a sill can be vertical (if the bedding is vertical). A large dike can be seen in Figure 3.5.4.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coloradogeologicalsurvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/G-20071112-133643-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Early Paleogene (~68 mya) Pando porphyry sill intruding parallel to Carboniferous age sandstones and shales of the Minturn Formation, Eagle County, Colorado. Photo credit: Vince Matthews for the CGS.\" \/>\r\n\r\nFigure 3.5.3 A tan-colored sill composed of porphyry igneous rock, located in Eagle County, CO. Note that the sill trends parallel to the overlaying layer consisting of dark shales and sandstones.\r\n\r\nA <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">laccolith<\/span><\/strong> is a sill-like body that has expanded upward by deforming the overlying rock (Figure 3.5.5.).\r\n\r\nFinally, a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">pipe<\/span><\/strong> is a cylindrical body (with a circular, elliptical, or even irregular cross-section) that served as a conduit for the movement of magma from one location to another. Most known pipes fed volcanoes, although pipes can also connect plutons. It is also possible for a dyke to feed a volcano.\r\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1e\/Devil%E2%80%99s_Stairsteps.JPG\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.4 The \"Devil's Stairsteps\", located south of La Veta, CO near the West Spanish Peak. This feature is an exposed igneous dike that has formed from surrounding sedimentary rock being eroded away much easier than the more durable igneous rock that composes the dike.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coloradogeologicalsurvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/G-20170907-173310-600x405.jpg\" alt=\"Tater Heap (mountain) in the West Elk mountains is a classic igneous intrusive laccolith. Photo credit: Vince Matthews for the CGS.\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Figure 3.5.5. Tater Heap - in the West Elk Mountains, Gunnison County, CO - is an example of a laccolith with the overlying rock now long stripped away by weathering.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1427px\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n\r\nFigure 3.5.6 shows a cross-section through part of the crust showing a variety of intrusive igneous rocks. Except for the granite (a), all of these rocks are mafic in composition. Indicate whether each of the plutons labelled <strong>a<\/strong> to <strong>e<\/strong> on the diagram below is a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">dike<\/span><\/strong>, a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">sill<\/span><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stock<\/span><\/strong>, or a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">batholith<\/span><\/strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div id=\"attachment_145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/physicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"218\" \/>\r\n<div id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.5<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nSee Appendix 3 for <a href=\"back-matter-005-appendix-3-answers-to-exercises.html#exercisea3.7\">Exercise 3.7 answers<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Media Attributions<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-top: 0px\">Figure 3.5.1.: Wikimedia Commons<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Figures 3.5.2, 3.5.6.: \u00a9 Steven Earle. CC BY.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Figure 3.5.3., 3.5.4., 3.5.5.: Colorado Geological Survey, Vince Matthews<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li id=\"footnote-150-1\">\u201cCountry rock\u201d is not necessarily music to a geologist\u2019s ears. The term refers to the original \u201crock of the country\u201d or region, and hence the rock into which the magma intruded to form a pluton. <a class=\"return-footnote\" href=\"#return-footnote-150-1\">\u21b5<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- pb_fixme -->","rendered":"<div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies<\/h1>\n<p>In most cases, a body of hot magma is less dense than the rock surrounding it, so it has a tendency to move very slowly up toward the surface. It does so in a few different ways, including filling and widening existing cracks, melting the surrounding rock (called\u00a0<button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"150-1226\">country rock<\/button><a id=\"return-footnote-150-1\" class=\"footnote\" title=\"\u201cCountry rock\u201d is not necessarily music to a geologist\u2019s ears. The term refers to the original \u201crock of the country\u201d or region, and hence the rock into which the magma intruded to form a pluton.\" href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/physicalgeology2ed\/chapter\/3-5-intrusive-igneous-bodies\/#footnote-150-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a>),\u00a0pushing the rock aside (where it is somewhat plastic), and breaking the rock. Where some of the country rock is broken off, it may fall into the magma, a process called <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stoping<\/span><\/strong>. The resulting fragments, illustrated in Figure 3.5.1, are known as <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">xenoliths<\/span><\/strong> (Greek for \u201cstrange rocks\u201d).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/77\/Peridotite_mantle_xenoliths_in_vesicular_phonotephrite_%28Peridot_Mesa_Flow%2C_Middle_Pleistocene%2C_580_ka%3B_Peridot_Mesa%2C_San_Carlos_Volcanic_Field%2C_Arizona%29_9_%2831244990175%29.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-attachment-148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.1 Xenoliths of gemmy green peridot (olivine) in dark-colored basalt, San Carlos Volcanic Field, Arizona. The fragments of peridot have been broken off as the basaltic molten rock migrated underground towards the surface.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some upward-moving magma reaches the surface, resulting in volcanic eruptions, but most cools within the crust. The resulting body of rock is known as a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">pluton<\/span><\/strong>. Plutons can have various different shapes and relationships to the surrounding country rock as shown in Figure 3.5.2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/physicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4-65x44.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4-225x153.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/igneous-intrusives-4-350x239.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.2 Depiction of some of the types of plutons. a: stocks (if they coalesce at depth then they might become large enough to be called a batholith), b: sill (a tabular body, in this case parallel to bedding), c: dyke (cross-cuts bedding), d: laccolith (a sill that has pushed up the overlying rock layers), e: pipe (a cylindrical conduit feeding a volcano). The two features labelled f could be pipes or dykes, but from this perspective it\u2019s not possible to determine if they are cylindrical or tabular.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Large irregular-shaped plutons are called either <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stocks<\/span><\/strong> or <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">batholiths<\/span><\/strong>. The distinction between the two is made on the basis of the area that is exposed at the surface: if the body has an exposed surface area greater than 100 square kilometers (km<sup>2<\/sup>), then it\u2019s a batholith; smaller than 100 km<sup>2<\/sup> and it\u2019s a stock. Batholiths are typically formed only when a number of stocks coalesce beneath the surface to create one large body. A grand example of a batholith is Pikes Peak, west of Manitou Springs, CO. The entire mountain is essentially an old magma chamber (~ 1 Ga in age). that has been thrusted up by tectonic forces, and sculpted through time by weathering.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Tabular (sheet-like) plutons are distinguished on the basis of whether or not they are <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">concordant<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> with (i.e., parallel to) existing layering (e.g., sedimentary bedding or metamorphic foliation) in the country rock. A <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">sill<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> is concordant with existing layering, and a <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">dike<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> is <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><span class=\"glossary-term\">discordant <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">(Figure 3.5.3.)<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">. If the country rock has no bedding or foliation, then any tabular body within it is a dike. Note that the sill-versus-dike designation is not determined simply by the orientation of the feature. A dike can be horizontal and a sill can be vertical (if the bedding is vertical). A large dike can be seen in Figure 3.5.4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coloradogeologicalsurvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/G-20071112-133643-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Early Paleogene (~68 mya) Pando porphyry sill intruding parallel to Carboniferous age sandstones and shales of the Minturn Formation, Eagle County, Colorado. Photo credit: Vince Matthews for the CGS.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Figure 3.5.3 A tan-colored sill composed of porphyry igneous rock, located in Eagle County, CO. Note that the sill trends parallel to the overlaying layer consisting of dark shales and sandstones.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">laccolith<\/span><\/strong> is a sill-like body that has expanded upward by deforming the overlying rock (Figure 3.5.5.).<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">pipe<\/span><\/strong> is a cylindrical body (with a circular, elliptical, or even irregular cross-section) that served as a conduit for the movement of magma from one location to another. Most known pipes fed volcanoes, although pipes can also connect plutons. It is also possible for a dyke to feed a volcano.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1e\/Devil%E2%80%99s_Stairsteps.JPG\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.4 The &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Stairsteps&#8221;, located south of La Veta, CO near the West Spanish Peak. This feature is an exposed igneous dike that has formed from surrounding sedimentary rock being eroded away much easier than the more durable igneous rock that composes the dike.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/coloradogeologicalsurvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/G-20170907-173310-600x405.jpg\" alt=\"Tater Heap (mountain) in the West Elk mountains is a classic igneous intrusive laccolith. Photo credit: Vince Matthews for the CGS.\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Figure 3.5.5. Tater Heap &#8211; in the West Elk Mountains, Gunnison County, CO &#8211; is an example of a laccolith with the overlying rock now long stripped away by weathering.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1427px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<div class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p>Figure 3.5.6 shows a cross-section through part of the crust showing a variety of intrusive igneous rocks. Except for the granite (a), all of these rocks are mafic in composition. Indicate whether each of the plutons labelled <strong>a<\/strong> to <strong>e<\/strong> on the diagram below is a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">dike<\/span><\/strong>, a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">sill<\/span><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">stock<\/span><\/strong>, or a <strong><span class=\"glossary-term\">batholith<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 750px\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/physicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2-65x19.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2-225x65.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accphysicalgeology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2022\/01\/pluton-problems2-350x102.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"caption-attachment-149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3.5.5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See Appendix 3 for <a href=\"back-matter-005-appendix-3-answers-to-exercises.html#exercisea3.7\">Exercise 3.7 answers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Media Attributions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px\">Figure 3.5.1.: Wikimedia Commons<\/li>\n<li>Figures 3.5.2, 3.5.6.: \u00a9 Steven Earle. CC BY.<\/li>\n<li>Figure 3.5.3., 3.5.4., 3.5.5.: Colorado Geological Survey, Vince Matthews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<ol>\n<li id=\"footnote-150-1\">\u201cCountry rock\u201d is not necessarily music to a geologist\u2019s ears. 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