vein quartz (RITRvq;0)

vein quartz

En echelon and crosscutting veins (millimeter to meter widths) of massive quartz; crystal terminations common in vugs and open cavities. Contains local concentrations of cryptocrystalline jasper and quartz, and irregular distributions of hematite and goethite, some in botryoidal masses. Locally present are abundant rectangular crystals of barite (up to 2 cm), or hollow molds after dissolved barite. Age uncertain, but rocks lack deformation features present in nearby Pennsylvanian rocks of the Narragansett Basin; emplacement most likely postdates Alleghanian deformation

State	Rhode Island
Name	vein quartz
Geologic age	Triassic?
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > PlutonicEn echelon and crosscutting veins (millimeter to meter widths) of massive quartz; crystal terminations common in vugs and open cavities. Contains local concentrations of cryptocrystalline jasper and quartz, and irregular distributions of hematite and goethite, some in botryoidal masses. Locally present are abundant rectangular crystals of barite (up to 2 cm), or hollow molds after dissolved barite.
Comments	Part of Avalon Terrane
References	Hermes, O.D. (comp.), Gromet, L.P. (comp.), Murray, D.P. (comp.), Hamidzada, N.A., Skehan, J.W., and Mosher, S., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, Kingston, Rhode Island, scale 1:100,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 19719
Counties	Bristol - Providence

vein quartz

Hermes, O.D. (comp.), Gromet, L.P. (comp.), Murray, D.P. (comp.), Hamidzada, N.A., Skehan, J.W., and Mosher, S., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, Kingston, Rhode Island, scale 1:100,000.