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Mesozoic foid-bearing syenite

Mesozoic foid-bearing syenite - Mesozoic biotite foid-bearing syenite
StateMaine
NameMesozoic foid-bearing syenite
Geologic ageMesozoic
Original map labelMz10
CommentsU - Unmetamorphosed
Primary rock typesyenite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Foidal-syenitic > Foid-syenitebiotite foid-bearing syenite 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.
Foland, K.A., and Faul, H., 1977, Ages of the White Mountain intrusives, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine: Am. Jour. Sci., v. 277, p. 888-904.
Geographic coverageCumberland - Oxford

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