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Fordham Gneiss, undivided

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fe: garnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, and amphibolite; fd: sillimanite-garnet schistose gneiss, quartzite; fc: biotite-hornblende-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, quartz-feldspar lenses, amphibolite, biotite and/or hornblende-quartz-feldspar gneiss; fb: amphibolite, biotite and/or hornblende-garnet-quartz-plagioclase gneiss; fa: garnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, amphibolite, biotite-hornblende-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, quartz-feldspar granulite.
State New York
Name Fordham Gneiss, undivided
Geologic age Precambrian - Middle Proterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Gneissgarnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, sillimanite-garnet schistose gneiss, biotite-hornblende-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, biotite and/or hornblende-quartz-feldspar gneiss, biotite and/or hornblende-garnet-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, garnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss, biotite-hornblende-quartz-plagioclase gneiss
Minor
Metamorphic > Granulite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Amphibolite
Comments Age change per USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046). Unit is divided up into 6 units on printed map (f undivided, and fa - fe). Digital map also separates them out, but combines unit fd with unit fc due to unclear labeling on printed map? (hard to distinguish).
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.

USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search
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