The Oaks Rock Garden
The Oaks Map
Rock List
Site 2: Cordierite-biotite hornfels
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician (metamorphosed during Devonian)
Site 3: Staurolite-muscovite schist
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician (metamorphosed during Devonian)
Site 4: Glacial erratic boulder (containing beds of slate and quartzite)
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician (dropped at Oaks during last ice age)
Site 5: Muscovite-biotite schist
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician (metamorphosed during Devonian)
Site 6: Muscovite-biotite schist and granite
Author: Schist - Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician (metamorphosed during Devonian); Granite – Late Devonian
Site 15: Hydrothermal quartz vein through gabbro
Author: Late Triassic – Early Jurassic (timing of veining unknown)
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