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Rusty and gray biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss

Rusty and gray biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss - rusty facies contains variable amounts of garnet, sillimanite, cordierite, graphite, sulfides; minor marble and calcsilicate rock.
StateNew York
NameRusty and gray biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss
Geologic ageMiddle Proterozoic
Original map labelrg
Primary rock typegneiss
Secondary rock typemarble
Other rock typescalc-silicate rock
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Biotite-gneissrusty and gray biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rockcalcsilicate rock
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
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 coverageOrange - Putnam - Rockland - Westchester

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