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Rope Ferry Gneiss (CTZwr;0)

Geologic Formation in CT, RI

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Lithology

Gneiss

Amphibolite

Geologic Age

Ediacaran (623 Ma – 617 Ma ago)

Geologic Unit Label

Zwr

(May be equivalent in part to Monson Gneiss) - Interlayered (but layers commonly lenticular to indistinct) light- to dark-gray, fine- to medium-grained gneiss, composed of plagioclase, quartz, and biotite, with hornblende in some layers and microcline in others; local layers of amphibolite. Rope Ferry described as locally massive, gray-colored, lenticularly layered hornblende-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss. Thickness varies; averages 1,130 m. U-Pb analysis of zircon and sphene from the Rope Ferry yields a 620+/-3 Ma age. Protolith consisted primarily of mafic metavolcanic rocks. Unconformably underlies Potter Hill Granite Gneiss of Sterling Plutonic Suite (Skehan and Rast, 1990).

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