Usage:
Adirondack Anorthosite (NY)
Adirondack Meta-Anorthosite (NY)
Subunits:
[?]Marcy Anorthosite, [?]Whiteface Anorthosite, [?]Keene Gneiss.
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures: constitutes all high central peaks of true Adirondack Mountains, northeastern NY (Chadwick, 1930).
AAPG geologic province:
Adirondack uplift
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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