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Foliated biotite and (or) hornblende granite; locally diorite and lesser amounts of gabbro. Where present, potassium feldspar is microcline. Contact aureole is in the Albee Formation. U-Pb zircon ages of 442±4 Ma, no. 30 (Moench and Aleinikoff, 2003), and 444.1±2.1 Ma, no. 29 (Rankin and Tucker, 2009); and U-Pb sphene age of 443±3 Ma, no. 31 (Moench and Aleinikoff, 2003). Part of the Highlandcroft Plutonic Suite: Epizonal to mesozonal, foliated and metamorphosed (greenschist facies) plutons exposed northwest of the Ammonoosuc fault. Compositions range from granite to diorite to lesser amounts of gabbro. Part of the Bronson Hill arch intrusive rocks.
State |
Vermont |
Name |
Lost Nation granite |
Geologic age |
Early Silurian to Middle Ordovician |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Granitic > GraniteFoliated biotite and (or) hornblende granite; locally diorite and lesser amounts of gabbro. Where present, potassium feldspar is microcline.
Minor
Igneous > Plutonic > Dioritic > Diorite
Incidental
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > Gabbro
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Comments |
Original unit label Ol; but age is listed as Early Silurian to Middle Ordovician. Absolute age dates confirm; so symbol changed to SOl. |
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 |
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Counties |
Essex |