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Microcline-augen granite and monzogranite gneiss
Gray to whitish-gray, coarse-grained biotite-microcline megacrystic granite and monzogranitic gneiss; passes locally into more equigranular granitic gneiss (Y3Ag) and locally into extensive areas of biotite pegmatoid granitic gneiss (Y3Apg), locally muscovite-bearing. Enclaves of metasedimentary units in these granites and associated gneisses are locally albitized and enriched in magnetite; enclaves of highly aluminous altered rocks now contain restites of chloritoid and abundant sericite. U-Pb zircon ages of 1,119±3.3 Ma (no. 15) and 1,121±1.4 Ma (no. 14) determined on samples near Sherburne Center and on Telegraph Hill east of Chittenden Reservoir by Karabinos and Aleinikoff (1990). Chittenden Intrusive Suite (1,149±8 Ma to 1,119±3 Ma). Mount Holly Complex intrusive rocks. Rocks of the Green Mountain and Lincoln Mountain massifs and eastern domes.
State |
Vermont |
Name |
Microcline-augen granite and monzogranite gneiss |
Geologic age |
Late Mesoproterozoic |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > ParagneissGray to whitish-gray, coarse-grained biotite-microcline megacrystic granite and monzogranitic gneiss.
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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 |
Addison - Rutland - Windsor
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