Lost Nation granite

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
Comments Original unit label Ol; but age is listed as Early Silurian to Middle Ordovician. Absolute age dates confirm; so symbol changed to SOl.
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Counties Essex