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Tonalite, diorite, granodiorite, and granite

Tonalite, diorite, granodiorite, and granite - More mafic rocks have hornblende; part of Lost Nation pluton.
StateNew Hampshire
NameTonalite, diorite, granodiorite, and granite
Geologic ageLate Ordovician
Original map labelOh2-9A
CommentsPart of the Highlandcroft Plutonic Suite (Late Ordovician) - Pink to green rocks containing epidote, sericite, and chlorite. Found as stocks metamorphosed to greenschist facies and commonly sheared; coeval with Oliverian Plutonic Suite. Lost Nation pluton of Highlandcroft Plutonic Suite = 439+/-25 U/Pb per NH011; and 442+/-4 U/Pb per J.N. Aleinikoff, oral commun., June 30, 1988.
Primary rock typetonalite
Secondary rock typediorite
Other rock typesgranodiorite; granite
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granodiorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Tonalite (Pluton)
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Pluton)
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.
Lyons, J.B., Aleinikoff, J.N., and Zartman, R.E., 1986, Uranium-thorium-lead ages of the Highland Plutonic Suite, New Hampshire: American Journal of Science, v. 286, p. 489-509.
Geographic coverageCoos

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