Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources > Online Spatial Data > Geology > by state > Connecticut
| State | Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Name | Plainfield Formation plus Potter Hill Granite Gneiss plus Narragansett Pier Granite |
| Geologic age | Proterozoic Z? and Permian |
| Original map label | Zp+Zsph+Pn? |
| Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Avalonian (Continental) Terrane. Units are described seperately on printed map; combined in digital map. |
| Primary rock type | quartzite |
| Secondary rock type | mica schist |
| Other rock types | gneiss; granitic gneiss; granite; amphibolite; calc-silicate rock; pegmatite |
| Lithologic constituents | Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > GraniteNarragansett Pier Granite - Pink to red, medium- to coarse-grained (commonly pegmatitic), generally massive (not gneissic) granite, composed of microcline, oligoclase, quartz, and biotite, and accessory muscovite and magnetite. Metamorphic > GneissPlainfield Formation - light- to medium-gray gneiss composed of quartz, oligoclase, and biotite (rarely microcline), dark-gray or green gneiss composed of plagioclase, quartz, biotite, and hornblende (commonly with diopside). Potter Hill Granite Gneiss - Light-pink to gray, tan-weathering, fine- to medium-grained, rarely porphyritic, well-foliated (not lineated) granitic gneiss, composed of microcline, quartz, oligoclase (or albite), biotite, and magnetite, minor muscovite, and local garnet. Metamorphic > SchistPlainfield Formation - medium- to dark-gray schist composed of quartz, oligoclase, biotite, sillimanite, and garnet. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartzitePlainfield Formation - Interlayered light-gray, thin-bedded quartzite, in places with feldspar, mica, graphite, or pyrite; diopsite-bearing quartzite. Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > PegmatiteNarragansett Pier Granite - Considerable associated pegmatite. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rockPlainfield Formation - calc-silicate rock Metamorphic > AmphibolitePlainfield Formation |
| 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 coverage | New London |
Show this information as [XML]