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Devonian granite (muscovite accessory mineral)

Devonian granite (muscovite accessory mineral) - muscovite-biotite granite undivided
StateMaine
NameDevonian granite (muscovite accessory mineral)
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelD1(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.
Faul, H., Stern, T.W., Thomas, H.H., and Elmore, P.L.D., 1963, Ages of intrusion and metamorphism in the northern Appalachians: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 261, 9. 1-19.
Zartman, R.E., Hurley, P.M., Kruger, H.W., and Giletti, B.J., 1970, A Permian disturbance of K-Ar radiometric ages in New England: its occurrence and causes: Geol. Soc. Amer., Bull., v. 81, p. 3359-3374.
Gaudette, H.E., and Boone, G.M., 1985, Isotopic age of the Lexington batholith: constraints on timing of intrusion and Acadian metamorphism in western Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog, v. 17, p. 19-20.
Naylor, R.S., 1973, Age of the Lexington batholith, Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog., v. 5, p. 200.
Gaudette, H.E., Kovach, A., and Hussey, A.M., II, 1982, Ages of some intrusive rocks of southwestern Maine: Can. Jour. Earth Sci., v. 19, p. 1350-1357.
Brookins, D.G., 1976, Geochronologic contributions to stratigraphic interpretation and correlation in the Penobscot Bay area, Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Memoir 148, p. 129-145.
Geographic coverageAndroscoggin - Aroostook - Franklin - Hancock - Kennebec - Knox - Lincoln - Oxford - Somerset - Waldo - York

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