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  • Usage in publication:
    • Clinton granitic gneiss
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Gneiss
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Rodgers, John, Gates, R.M., and Rosenfeld, J.L., 1956, Preliminary geological map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, See also "Explanatory text for preliminary geological map of Connecticut, 1956," Connecticut Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey Bull., no. 84, 64 p., 1959


Summary:

Probably named for town of Clinton, Middlesex Co., south-central CT. Consists of red or pink, medium- to coarse-grained, platy gneiss; composed of pink microcline, quartz, white oligoclase or albite, and biotite.

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


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