Submitted by Spaceman9800 t3_yrqb9i in Washington
pwdrchaser t1_ivyb1uu wrote
Reply to comment by aimeec3 in Are there Basalts in Western Washington? by Spaceman9800
How about closer to Portland area? Seems like mostly basalt from what I have seen.
aimeec3 t1_ivybzxq wrote
Portland is right on the Columbia River delta that the Eastern Washington flood basalt flowed through to get to the ocean. If you go closer to to Mt Hood there should be some outcroppings here and there along the road. But if you want to see large batholiths then NE Oregon in the Elkhorn mountains or SW Oregon near Medford and Granite pass.
Again the reason we don't see as many large granite formations are because of the trees and soil covering them up. So you have to find where it as been eroded away or where there has been massive uplift.
pwdrchaser t1_ivydfz1 wrote
Awesome. Thanks!
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