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Carboniferous alkali feldspar granite (muscovite accessory mineral)

Carboniferous alkali feldspar granite (muscovite accessory mineral) - muscovite-biotite granite
StateMaine
NameCarboniferous alkali feldspar granite (muscovite accessory mineral)
Geologic ageCarboniferous
Original map labelC1b(m)
CommentsU - Unmetamorphosed
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granitemuscovite-biotite granite U - Unmetamorphosed
Map references
Digital bedrock data downloaded from Maine Office of GIS in September 2005 from http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=cover#bedrock Bedrock units table (publication date 11/15/2002) downloaded from same site. Permission to redistribute these data granted by Dr. Robert Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine, in September 2006.
Unit references
Osberg, P. H., Hussey, A.M., and Boone, G. M., 1985, Bedrock geologic map of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Dept. of Conserv., scale 1:500,000.
Aleinikoff, J., 1984, pers. communication, in Moench and others, 1982.
Hayward, J.A., and Gaudette, H.E., 1984, Carboniferous age of the Sebago and Effingham plutons, Maine and New Hampshire: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog., v. 16, p. 22.
Brookins, D.G., and Hussey, A.M., II, 1978, Rb-Sr ages for Casco Bay Group and other rocks from the Portland-Orrs Island area, Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog., v. 10, p. 34.
Geographic coverageAndroscoggin - Cumberland - Oxford - York

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