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Salal Creek Pluton

Coordinates: 50°27′09″N 123°14′36″W / 50.4526°N 123.2433°W / 50.4526; -123.2433
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The Salal Creek Pluton, also called the Salal Creek stock, is a small circular quartz monzonite intrusion with an area of 35 sq mi (91 km2). It is eight million years old, containing 52 dikes composed of basalt and was probably formed 5 mi (8.0 km) or less below the Earth's surface.[1] It forms part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, a geological formation that formed as a result of subduction zone magmatism in the Canadian Cascade Arc.

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50°27′09″N 123°14′36″W / 50.4526°N 123.2433°W / 50.4526; -123.2433