Biotite-Plagioclase Gneiss (NJYbp;11)

State	New Jersey
Name	Biotite-Plagioclase Gneiss
Geologic age	Middle Proterozoic
Original map label	Ybp
Comments	Rocks of Uncertain Origin (Middle Proterozoic)
Primary rock type	gneiss
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneissWhite- to light-gray weathering, greenish-gray, medium-grained, moderately well layered gneiss composed of biotite, plagioclase and accessory amounts of hornblende, clinopyroxene, and, locally, garnet.
Map references	Dalton, R. F., Herman, G. C., Monteverde, D. H., Pristas, R. S., Sugarman, P. J., Volkert, R. A., 1999, New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1) export file: geology.e00, scale 1:100,000, unit description files: cslegend.pdf and nlegend.pdf, metadata: metast.pdf.
Unit references	Dalton, R. F., Herman, G. C., Monteverde, D. H., Pristas, R. S., Sugarman, P. J., Volkert, R. A., 1999, New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1) export file: geology.e00, scale 1:100,000, unit description files: cslegend.pdf and nlegend.pdf, metadata: metast.pdf. Drake, Avery A. Jr.,Volkert, Richard, A., Monteverde, Donald H., Herman, Gregory C., Houghton,Hugh F., Parker, Ronald A., and Dalton, Richard F., 1996, Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellanenous Investigations Map I-2540-A, scale 1 to 100,000, 4 cross sections, 2 sheets, size 56x40; 58x41. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2540A]
Geographic coverage	Morris