Granite

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Granite

Coordinates49.49°, -117.37°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, mica and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous intrusions. These range in size from dikes only a few centimeters across to batholiths exposed over hundreds of square kilometers.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Blewett
  0.9 mi away
• Corra Linn
  4.7 mi away
• South Slocan
  8.2 mi away
• Shoreacres
  8.3 mi away
• Playmor Junction
  8.3 mi away
• Glade
  10.1 mi away
• Tarrys
  10.9 mi away
• Slocan Park
  11.4 mi away
• Lebahdo
  12 mi away
• Porto Rico
  12.5 mi away
• Appledale
  12.7 mi away
• Ymir
  16 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Granite

Metamorphism and Granitic Intrusions of Precambrian Age in Southeastern British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1962

Metamorphism and granitic intrusions of Precambrian age in southeastern British Columbia

On some granites from British Columbia and the adjacent parts of Alaska and the Yukon District

Frank Dawson Adams · 1891

Lower Jurassic Rocks and Fauna Near Ashcroft, British Columbia and Their Relation to Some Granitic Plutons (92-1)

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1969

Lower Jurassic rocks and fauna near Ashcroft, British Columbia and their relation to some granitic plutons (92-1)

Hans Frebold · 1969

White gold and black diamonds

Diane Sterne · 2011

Dimension stone aerial photograph study of southwestern British Columbia

Jay W. Page · 1991

Ghost towns of the Pacific Northwest

Philip Varney · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 55 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 68 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 103 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 118 mi
• Wildfire AUTUMN LANE, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 118 mi
• Wildfire FAIRVIEW, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 120 mi
• Wildfire OLD TRAILS, Spokane, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 125 mi
• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 133 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-23

Northern Alligator Lizard

Elgaria coerulea

Seen 2026-09-22

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

Seen 2026-09-22

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-22

Northern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys sabrinus

Seen 2026-09-21

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-20

White Underwing

Catocala relicta

Seen 2026-09-20

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth

Hypoprepia miniata

Seen 2026-09-20

Maple Spanworm Moth

Ennomos magnaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).