A batholith is a pluton that can range from hundreds to thousand of cubic kilometers across and 10-30 km beneath the earth's surface. Batholith means deep or depth stone is greek. The batholith located in California is The Sierra Nevadas.Batholiths are almost always made mostly of felsic or intermediate rock-types, such as grantie quartz monzonite, or diorite.
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