State | Connecticut |
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Name | Hope Valley Alaskite Gneiss |
Geologic age | Proterozoic Z? |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic > GneissLight-pink to gray, medium- to coarse-grained, locally porphyritic, variably lineated and foliated alaskitic gneiss, composed of microcline, quartz, albite or oligoclase, and minor magnetite, and locally biotite and muscovite. Lineation formed by rods of quartz. Locally contains quartz-sillimanite nodules.
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Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Avalonian (Continental) Terrane; Avalonian Anticlinorium; Sterling Plutonic Group (Proterozoic Z?). Isotopic age of 630 Ma by U/Pb methods on zircon is reported by Zartman and Naylor (1984) from a sample in MA. Age of 601 +/-5 Ma by U/Pb methods on zircon is reported by Hermes and Zartman (1985) from a sample in RI (Wones and Goldsmith, 1991) per CT015. |
References | Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000.Wones, D.R. and Goldsmith, Richard, 1991, Intrusive rocks of eastern Massachusetts, Chapter I, IN Hatch, N.L., Jr., ed., The bedrock geology of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1366-E-J, p. I1-I61.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1366EJ |
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Counties | New London - Tolland - Windham |