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Illescas Batholith

Geological complex in Uruguay

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ28220402 ↗
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Illescas Batholith is a geological complex located in Uruguay made up of various plutons including rapakivi granite and quartz syenite. The batholith is of Late Paleoproterozoic age. The batholith originated and was emplaced in an anorogenic tectonic setting during a period of extensional tectonics. The batholith intrudes the Valentines Granulitic Complex of Nico Perez Terrane. The Florida dyke swarm is related to the Illescas Batholith.

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This entry incorporates text from “Illescas Batholith” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.