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Nonewaug Granite

Nonewaug Granite - White to pink, fine- to very coarse-grained (commonly pegmatitic), massive to layered granite composed of albite, microcline, quartz, and muscovite, with minor biotite and garnet. Microcline commonly graphic; quartz and muscovite commonly in plumose aggregates.
StateConnecticut
NameNonewaug Granite
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDng
CommentsPart of Central Lowlands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Connecticut Valley Synclinorium
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock typepegmatite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite(commonly pegmatitic)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > GraniteWhite to pink, fine- to very coarse-grained (commonly pegmatitic), massive to layered granite composed of albite, microcline, quartz, and muscovite, with minor biotite and garnet. Microcline commonly graphic; quartz and muscovite commonly in plumose aggregates.
Map references
Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, DEP, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Bedrock Geology of Connecticut, data format: shapefile, file name: bedrock, downloaded from: http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37800&Loc=0000 on 9/18/2003, scale 1:50,000.
Unit references
Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 125,000.
Geographic coverageHartford - Litchfield

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