| Barre granite | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
 Barre granite | |
| Type | igneous |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | granite |
| Location | |
| Region | New England |
| Extent | Vermont |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Barre Township, Washington County, Vermont |
| Named by | C. H. Richardson, 1902[1] |
Barre granite /ˈbæri/ is a Devonian granite pluton near the town of Barre in Washington County, Vermont. Richardson described it as a "fine granite, composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica. The mica is both muscovite and biotite."[1] It intrudes into the Waits River Formation.[2]
- ^ a b Richardson, C.H., 1902, The terranes of Orange County, Vermont: Vermont State Geologist Report, no. 3, pp. 61–101. scanned version at Archive.org
- ^ Walsh, G.J. and Satkoski, A.M., 2005, Surface gamma-ray survey of the Barre West quadrangle, Washington and Orange Counties, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report SIR-2005-5276, scale 1:100000.