Barley Mill Gneiss
Barley Mill Gneiss johncallahanThe following description is published in GM10 Bedrock Geologic Map of The Piedmont of Delaware and the Adjacent Pennsylvania, Schenck, W.S., Plank, M.O., and Srogi, L., 2000.
Coarse-grained, foliated tonalite gneiss. Major minerals are biotite, hornblende, plagioclase, and quartz. Includes mafic enclaves or layers composed of subequal amounts of hornblende and plagioclase. Also includes a coarse-grained granitic lithology composed of biotite, microcline, plagioclase, and quartz.
Subtitle
Piedmont Unit
Formation Type
barley-mill-gneiss
Geologic Unit Symbol
Obmg
Geologic Time Period
Ordovician