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Rye Complex

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Migmatite of gray, foliated, sheared or mylonitized two-mica granite and pegmatite, minor hornblende-biotite diorite, intruding metapelites and metavolcanic rocks in southeastern New Hampshire.
State New Hampshire
Name Rye Complex
Geologic age Ordovician? - Late Proterozoic?
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Migmatite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Granitetwo-mica granite
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Dioritehornblende-biotite diorite
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > Leucocratic-granitic > Pegmatite
Metamorphic > Schist > Pelitic-schistintruding metapelites
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Metavolcanic
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
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