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Biotite granite stock and dikes

Biotite granite stock and dikes - Northernmost New Hampshire.
StateNew Hampshire
NameBiotite granite stock and dikes
Geologic ageEarly - Late Silurian
Original map labelS1b
CommentsEast Inlet pluton = 430+/-4 U/Pb per NH011, NH012
Primary rock typegranite
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granite (Stock or pipe)biotite granite stock and dikes
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.
Eisenburg, R.A., 1981, Chronostratigraphy of metavolcanic rocks and associated intrusive rocks of the Boundary Mountains anticlinorium [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 13, p. 131.
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