page_title: Battle Mountain (Virginia)
section_title: Geochemical evolution
hierarchical_section_title: Battle Mountain (Virginia) / Geology / Geochemical evolution
caption_attribution_description: A typical large rhyolite outcrop on the eastern slope of Battle Mountain
context_page_description: Battle Mountain is an igneous mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia. The eastern slope is generally considered to reside in the unincorporated town of Amissville, Virginia while the western slope is generally considered to be within Castleton, Virginia. The entire mountain including the summit lies within private property at an elevation of 1,162 ft.
context_section_description: The volcano is composed of alkali feldspar granitic rock of the Robertson River Igneous Suite. This includes felsic complex material such as biotite, hornblende-biotite, magnetite, and alkali granitic rock including rhyolite on the eastern slopes of Battle Mountain and the adjacent (and geologically related) Little Battle Mountain (elevation 937 feet).
caption: A typical large rhyolite outcrop on the eastern slope of Battle Mountain, at an approximate elevation of 850 feet. Emily J. Woolman (aged 4, 2014) is shown for scale.
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