Williams Road - Kimberlitic Dike - Town Of Marcellus
Williams Road - Kimberlitic Dike - Town of Marcellus
Located in Onondaga County
Image courtesy of William Kelly
Type: Roadside.
Features: Clintonville dikes; six dikes; dramatically different degree of weathering & alteration exhibited by adjacent dikes.
Feature Type: Igneous.
Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 76th Annual Meeting 2007; Kimberlitic Rocks of Central New York.
For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html
Quadrangle: Marcellus.
Reason for Designation: Identified as a unique geologic feature by the NYS Geological Highway Map (NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey).