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Rye Complex

Rye Complex - Migmatite of gray, foliated, sheared or mylonitized two-mica granite and pegmatite, minor hornblende-biotite diorite, intruding metapelites and metavolcanic rocks in southeastern New Hampshire.
StateNew Hampshire
NameRye Complex
Geologic ageOrdovician? - Late Proterozoic?
Original map labelOZrz
Primary rock typemigmatite
Secondary rock typegranite
Other rock typespegmatite; diorite; meta-argillite; metavolcanic rock
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granitetwo-mica granite
Metamorphic > Migmatite
Minor
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Pelitic-schistintruding metapelites
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Dioritehornblende-biotite diorite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite
Map references
Bennett, D. S, , Wittkop, C.A., and Dicken, C.L., 2006 , Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire - A Digital Representation of the Lyons and others 1997 map and ancillary files: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 215, scale 1:250,000, CD-ROM.
Unit references
Lyons, J.B., Bothner, W.A., Moench, R.H., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1997, Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey Special Map, 1:250,000, 2 sheets.
Geographic coverageRockingham

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