- Usage in publication:
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- Ellisville granodiorite
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- First used
- Dominant lithology:
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- Granodiorite
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
In western Louisa Co., VA, Green Springs diorite and Ellisville granodiorite (both new) were intruded into sedimentary rocks during or immediately following major deformation of probable Mississippian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Ellisville biotite granodiorite
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Summary:
Use of term Ellisville biotite granodiorite follows nomenclature of Pavlides (1990: USGS Open-File 90-548). Ellisville intrudes melange zones II and III of the Mine Run complex in central VA. Described as mesocratic, coarse- to medium-grained, equigranular to porphyritic, massive to strongly foliated granodiorite. Predominant minerals are quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, and biotite. Accessories include epidote, allanite, titanite, and apatite. K-feldspar megacrysts up to 1.5 cm across occur in porphyritic rocks. Rb-Sr whole-rock date is 440+/-8 Ma (Pavlides and others, 1982).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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