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Interlayered gabbroic or noritic metanorthosite

Interlayered gabbroic or noritic metanorthosite - mangerite or charnockite, and the Yach lithology.
StateNew York
NameInterlayered gabbroic or noritic metanorthosite
Geologic ageMiddle Proterozoic
Original map labelack
Primary rock typemetavolcanic rock
Secondary rock typegranulite
Other rock typesanorthosite
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metaintrusive > MetaanorthositeInterlayered gabbroic or noritic metanorthosite
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Anorthositexenoliths of anorthosite
Igneous > Plutonic > Charnockitecharnockite
Map references
NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey, NYS Museum Technology Center, 1999, 1:250,000 Bedrock geology of NYS, data is distributed in ARC/INFOr EXPORT format (with ".e00" extension) in 5 seperate files based on printed map sheets, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html.
Unit references
D. W. Fisher; Y. W. Isachsen, L. V. Rickard, 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250000.
Geographic coverageClinton - Essex - Hamilton - Warren

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