“…In the Indian Peaks study area, biotite gneiss contains biotite, quartz, and plagioclase, with lesser amounts of sillimanite, Kfeldspar, garnet, and cordierite (Pearson, 1980). Boulder Creek Granodiorite contains plagioclase, quartz, K-feldspar, and biotite, with smaller amounts of hornblende, muscovite, sphene, zircon, and apatite (Gable, 1980). Based on X-ray diffraction analysis and microscopic examination, the sand fractions of the alpine soils we studied consist of quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase, biotite, amphibole (probably hornblende), and sillimanite.…”