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  • Temporal Coverage is exactly "Precambrian"

adk_description.pdf
OCR PDF of supplemental information for the Anorthosite-Charnockite Metamorphic Suite-Adirondack Mountains, New York collection.

Anorthosite
The specimen was collected from the Oregon Dome Massif. The Oregon Dome is similar in all respects to the anorthosites described and analyzed by Buddington (1939) for the Adirondack High Peaks region (Marcy Massif). Texturally, the present specimens…

Calcsilicate rock
Minerals found in the calcsilicate facies contain quartz, diopside, enstatitic pyroxene, tremolite, calcite, and phlogopite. However, only a few thin sections have been found to contain all phases. In some specimens, the pyroxene is close to 100%…

Charnockite
This charnockite is similiar to most of the Adirondack charnockites that occur interlayered with other metastratified units. Like its analogues, the Canada Lake charnockite shows conformable realationships with enveloping units. Mineralogically,…

Charnockite
This particular charnockite has been described, with analyses by deWaard and Romey, "Petrogenetic Relationships in the Anorthosite-Charnockite Series of the Snowy Mountain Dome," in Anorthosite Volume, New York State Museum Memoir 18, p.307-315. In…

Coarse anorthosite
This coarse-grained specimen is typical of the massive, homogeneous anorthosite that occurs within the Marcy Massif and underlies the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. The anorthosite from Route 3 is best represented by analyses 5-L and 8, Table…

Diopsidite
Pods and lenses of green diopsidite commonly occur along with the marbles. They are often composed of over 90% diopside.
Thin section contains diopside.

Contains secondary products of alteration including serpentine, talc, chlorite, carbonates, and iron oxides

Fayalite-ferrohedenbergite-mesoperthite granite
This granite post-dates deformation and metamorphism. Silver got a U/Pb zircon age of 1125 Ma. This is a most unusual rock type. This rock has small quantities of fayalitic olivine and ferrohedenbergite that occur with mesoperthite and quartz. It…

Garnetiferous amphibolite
This specimen is similar to the famous garnet deposits at Barton Mines at Gore Mountain. The garnets at Gore Mountain can attain diameters of 3 feet. At the Speculator road cut, garnet of 8-10 inches in diameter have been found, but smaller examples…

Garnetiferous leucogneiss
This rock type is characteristic of the light colored layers in the Sacandaga Formation. The mineralogy consists of garnet, feldspar, and quartz. Occasionally, sillimanite and skeletal oxides occur. Both plagioclase and microcline are present. Quartz…

Garnetiferous olivine metagabbro
This specimen is typical of the olivine metagabbros that occur throughout the Adirondacks. These rocks are of great petrologic interest for they contain classic examples of garnet coronas and spinel-clouded plagioclase. Note the preservation of…

Mangerite-charnockite
This specimen is typical of the metaigneous charnockitic rocks associated with the massif anorthosites in the Adirondacks. With variation in the quantity of modal quartz, the rock qualifies as either a charnockite or a mangerite. Quartz content is…

Marble
This calcite marble is typical of most Adirondack metacarbonates. In the majority of instances, original dolomite has reacted to yield calcsilicates. Also present in these specimens are small, serpentinized droplets which may originally have been…

Megacrystic potassium feldspar gneiss
This lithology is characterized by 1-4 inch long megacrysts of microperthite in a groundmass of quartz, oligoclase, hornblende, orthopyroxene, garnet, and oxide. Although the contacts of this unit are everywhere conformable, the rock is believed to…

Orthopyroxene gabbro
This specimen is typical of the saturated gabbros of the Adirondacks. The plagioclases are generally in the range of Anâ‚„â‚€ and the orthopyroxenes average close to En₆₀. Antiperthite is locally developed. Scattered grains of ilmenite and garnet…

Pyroxene-quartz-plagioclase gneiss
This specimen consists of 50-60% andesine, 20-30% quartz, and minor pyroxene and hornblende. Associated with this lithology are 2-6 inch layers of pyroxene-plagioclase granulite and amphibolite. It is believed that the Royal Mountain Member gneiss…

Quartz-microcline-diopsite gneiss
This specimen displays an unusual and distinctive lithology that occurs primarily in lower, marble-rich units (for example, the Cedar River Formation).
Thin section shows quartz, K-feldspar and clinopyroxene.

Quartzite
This specimen is typical of the 5-10 foot thick coarse grained layers of glassy quartzites that comprise this formation. In most instances the quartzites are about 90% quartz. Feldspar and garnet are encountered locally. This is presumed to be the…

Sillimanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss
The predominant lithology of the Peck Lake Formation is a sillimanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-oligoclase gneiss with pods and lenses consisting of two feldspars and quartz (anatectic?). The lithology is widespread throughout the Adirondacks and may…
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