Hornblende-plagioclase gneiss (VTY2hg;0)

Hornblende-plagioclase gneiss

Medium- to coarse-grained hornblende dioritic-appearing gneiss. Part of the aluminous schists and gneisses of the Washington Gneiss and Wilcox Formation and related rocks. Mount Holly Complex paragneiss. Rocks of the Green Mountain and Lincoln Mountain massifs and eastern domes.

State	Vermont
Name	Hornblende-plagioclase gneiss
Geologic age	Middle Mesoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > ParagneissMedium- to coarse-grained hornblende dioritic-appearing gneiss.
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	Bennington - Rutland - Windham - Windsor

Hornblende-plagioclase gneiss

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.