| State | New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Name | Rye Complex, Breakfast Hill Granite of Novotny (1964). |
| Geologic age | Ordovician? - Late Proterozoic? |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Gneissblastomylonitic quartz-feldspar granitic gneiss
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite
Metamorphic > Migmatite
|
| Comments | Part of the Nashoba-Casco-Miramichi Terrane (Merrimack Trough). |
| References | Lyons, J.B., Bothner, W.A., Moench, R.H., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1997, Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey Special Map, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_37338.htm Novotny, R.F., 1964, Bedrock geology of the Dover-Exeter-Portsmouth region, New Hampshire: Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State University, PhD. dissertation, 128 p. |
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| Counties | Rockingham |