and Granite Gorge. Its nearest higher neighbor is Brahma Temple, less than one mile to the north-northeast. Zoroaster Temple is named for Zoroaster, an
areal extent in Grand Canyon), was deposited on Precambrian granite, the ZoroasterGranite. The time between the erosion of the lower unit and deposition
Paleoproterozoic ultramafic rocks. The term Zoroaster Plutonic Complex is used for all Paleoproterozoic granitic and grandioritic plutonic rocks in the Grand
subduction zone and intruded the Granite Gorge Metamorphic Suite. These plutons slowly cooled to form the ZoroasterGranite; part of which would later be