Port Deposit Gneiss - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Type metamorphic Region Piedmont of Maryland Named for Port Deposit, Maryland		Primary gneiss Extent eastern Maryland

The Port Deposit Gneiss is a Paleozoic gneiss formation in Harford County, Maryland. It is described as a "Moderately to strongly deformed intrusive complex, chiefly composed of quartz diorite gneiss. Rock types include gneissic biotite-quartz diorite, hornblende-biotite-quartz diorite, and biotite granodiorite, with minor amounts of quartz monzonite and hornblende-quartz diorite. Moderate protoclastic foliation grades into strong cataclastic shearing." It intrudes into the Volcanic Complex of Cecil County.

Quarrying

The Port Deposit Gneiss has been quarried along the west bank of the Susquehanna River for over 100 years.

Port Deposit Gneiss was used in:

Many houses and five churches in Port Deposit

Schools like the U.S. Naval Academy, Haverford College and The Catholic University of America

Fort McHenry, Fort Delaware and Fort Carroll

Public buildings like the Boston Public Library and the U.S. Treasury Building

Public works like the Concord Point Lighthouse, Lincoln Tunnel and the St Augustine seawall

References

Port Deposit Gneiss Wikipedia

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