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Site 17: Sandstone and granite

Site 17

Author: Sandstone – Cambrian to Ordovician; Granite - Devonian
Language: Sandstone – Goldenville Group; Granite – South Mountain Batholith
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Age: Sandstone – Cambrian to Ordovician; Granite - Devonian

Geological Unit(s): Sandstone – Goldenville Group; Granite – South Mountain Batholith

Site 17


Description: This rock displays the contact between the older sandstone of the Goldenville Group and the younger granite of the South Mountain Batholith. The contact displayed here is very sharp and straight, which is rather uncommon along contacts such as this.



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