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| State | Maine |
|---|---|
| Name | Devonian granite-quartz monzonite (hornblende accessory mineral) |
| Geologic age | Devonian |
| Original map label | D1-4c(h) |
| Comments | U - Unmetamorphosed |
| Primary rock type | granite |
| Secondary rock type | granodiorite |
| Other rock types | tonalite; quartz syenite; quartz monzonite |
| Lithologic constituents | |
| 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. Ayuso, R.A., 1982, Geology of the Bottle Lake complex, Maine: Ph.D. dissert., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Ayuso, R.A., and Arth, J.G., 1983, Comparisons of U-Pb zircon, Rb-Sr whole rock, and K-Ar ages in Devonian plutons of the Bottle Lake complex, Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog., v. 15, p. 146. |
| Geographic coverage | Hancock - Penobscot - Washington |
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