Little Ascutney stock - gabbro and diorite (VTKgd;0)

Little Ascutney stock - gabbro and diorite

Medium- to coarse-grained augite-hornblende-biotite gabbro infiltrated by hornblende and biotite diorite. Part of the White Mountain Igneous Suite; Little Ascutney stock: A composite gabbro-diorite stock having two (eastern and western) intrusive centers defined by weakly developed igneous foliation. Gabbro is intruded by abundant, poorly defined areas of diorite. Includes two areas of syenite (Kas).

State	Vermont
Name	Little Ascutney stock - gabbro and diorite
Geologic age	Early Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents	Major Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite (Stock or pipe)Infiltrated by hornblende and biotite diorite. Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro (Stock or pipe)Medium- to coarse-grained augite-hornblende-biotite gabbro.
References	Ratcliffe, N.M., Stanley, R.S., Gale., M.H., Thompson, P.J., and Walsh, G.J., 2011, Bedrock geologic map of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3184, 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3184
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 96860
Counties	Windsor

Little Ascutney stock - gabbro and diorite

Ratcliffe, N.M., Stanley, R.S., Gale., M.H., Thompson, P.J., and Walsh, G.J., 2011, Bedrock geologic map of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3184, 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000.