Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss (NYYhbg;1)

Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss

Locally pyroxenic; commonly with subordinate leucogranitic gneiss, biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, other metasedimentary rocks, amphibolite, migmatite. Amphibolite with porphyroblasts of K-feldspar locally prominent in northwest Adirondacks. Overprint signifies inequigranular texture or phacoidal structure. In northwest Adirondacks, grades into Yphg.

State	New York
Name	Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss
Geologic age	Middle Proterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > GneissBiotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss - locally pyroxenic; commonly with subordinate leucogranitic gneiss, biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss. Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentarymetasedimentary rocks Incidental Metamorphic > Migmatite Metamorphic > Amphibolite
References	Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 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 1:250,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 98670
Counties	Essex - Franklin - Hamilton - Herkimer - Jefferson - Lewis - Saint Lawrence - Warren - Washington

Biotite and/or hornblende granite gneiss

Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 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 1:250,000.