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Site 1: Albite-quartz-spodumene-muscovite pegmatite
Author: Late Devonian (~380 Ma)
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 7: Gabbro
Author: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
Site 8: Columnar basalt
Author: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
Site 9: Porphyritic granitoid
Author: Neoproterozoic
Site 10: Micrite (lime mudstone)
Author: Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Site 11: Gypsum
Author: Early Carboniferous
Site 12: Sandstone
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician
Site 13: Quartz arenite sandstone
Author: Late Cambrian – Early Ordovician
Site 14: Marble
Author: Neoproterozoic (~600 Ma)
Site 15: Hydrothermal quartz vein through gabbro
Author: Late Triassic – Early Jurassic (timing of veining unknown)
Site 16: Diorite with granite xenolith
Author: Neoproterozoic (607 ± 2 Ma)
Site 17: Sandstone and granite
Author: Sandstone – Cambrian to Ordovician; Granite - Devonian
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