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  • Usage in publication:
    • Beech Mountain amphibolite
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Amphibolite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Alling, H.L., 1918, The Adirondack graphite deposits: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 199, 150 p.


Summary:

Named Beech Mountain amphibolite for Beech Mountain, Warren Co., NY. Unit is a para-amphibolite in the Grenville series and is 150 feet thick. The Beech Mountain is younger than the Bear Pond schist and is of Precambrian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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