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  • Usage in publication:
    • Eltey Mountain Granite*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Granite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Cady, W.M., Albee, A.L., and Chidester, A.H., 1963, Bedrock geology and asbestos deposits of the upper Missisquoi Valley and vicinity [Vermont], IN Contributions to economic geology, 1960: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1122-B, p. B1-B78.


Summary:

Named the Eltey Mountain granite for Eltey Mountain, upper Missisquoi Valley, north-central VT. Consists of medium- to fine-grained biotite granite that forms elliptical to tabular plutons emplaced nearly parallel to steeply dipping beds of enclosing metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks, which are generally the Moretown formation and its Coburn Hill volcanic member. The Eltey Mountain is of Devonian age.

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


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