. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. GEOLOGY OF THE LONG LAKE QUADRANGLE 481 The series of exposures that decisively settle the question occur along the Wawbeek road within the first 4 miles eastward from Tupper Lake. In the neighborhood of the village itself the rock is quite typical augite syenite, though with a tendency t:> become basic locally, well shown in the road metal quarry near Raquette pond, where the rock is very hornblendic and lacks feldspar augen [pi. 18]. The syenite runs eastward for about a mile, then for an equal distance there are no outcrops, after
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. GEOLOGY OF THE LONG LAKE QUADRANGLE 481 The series of exposures that decisively settle the question occur along the Wawbeek road within the first 4 miles eastward from Tupper Lake. In the neighborhood of the village itself the rock is quite typical augite syenite, though with a tendency t:> become basic locally, well shown in the road metal quarry near Raquette pond, where the rock is very hornblendic and lacks feldspar augen [pi. 18]. The syenite runs eastward for about a mile, then for an equal distance there are no outcrops, after which they are numerous on both sides of the road, the best and most continuous being south of it, where exposures run with practical continuity for another mile. The rock is chiefly anorthosite, somewhat gabbroic, but by no means the normal border gabbro, +J" H H -f /»< tl 11 11 M 11 11 11 it II, ii 11 m ii n 11 n 11 rt/f-»- h 11 11 M ti 11 n 11 11 11 it 11 11 11 ti n 11II It ll ll tl II H H II R II II tl II II II U II It H tl H II II II tl II !• H II II H II II II « It. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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