Bethlehem Gneiss (VTnhb;0)

Bethlehem Gneiss - Two-mica granodiorite gneiss. Revised as the Bethlehem Granodiorite to emphasize its average granodiorite composition. Mapped as the Haverhill, Mount Clough, Indian Pond, and Fairlee plutons. Consists of strongly metamorphosed, foliated, gray, medium-grained biotite granodiorite and local tonalite and granite. Age is Devonian based on isotopic age of 410+/-5 Ma (J.N. Aleinikoff, this report, from Fairlee pluton), which is also consistent with age of 409+/-5 Ma reported by Kohn and others (1992) from Indian Pond pluton and Bellows Falls pluton (the latter is outside of map area in southwestern NH) (Moench and others, 1995).

State	Vermont
Name	Bethlehem Gneiss
Geologic age	Devonian
Original map label	nhb
Comments	Part of Plutonic Rocks (Including a few dike rocks and volcanic rocks.), New Hampshire Plutonic Series. Secondary unit description per VT003.
Primary rock type	granitic gneiss
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Gneisstwo-mica granodiorite gneiss
Map references	Nicholson, S.W., Dicken, C.L., Horton, J.D., Foose, M.P., Mueller, J.A.L., and Hon, Rudi, 2006, Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1272. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20061272]
Unit references	Doll, C.G., Cady, W.M., Thompson, J.B., Jr., and Billings, M.P., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map MISCMAP-01, scale 1:250,000. Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., III, Marvinney, R.G. and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 56 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey and the New Hampshire Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1898D]
Geographic coverage	Windham