Conway granite near where it is mined. The Old Man of the Mountain, a famous geologic feature in New Hampshire (which collapsed in 2003) was made of Conway granite. The formation is found throughout the lower areas of the central White Mountains, such as Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, the center of the Pemigewasset Wilderness, and the Saco River valley. Other exposures of the formation include the Belknap Mountains south of Lake Winnipesaukee. Conway granite Conway granite is a typically pink mineral-rich igneous (or mesoperthitic) biotite granite. It is amphibole-free and of coarse particle size (with portions of the rock fine-grained or porphyritic).
Granite Island (Michigan) is made available to the NMU English Department for creative writing retreats. Granite Island (Michigan) Granite Island is a island in Lake Superior located about northwest of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Built upon it is the Granite Island Lighthouse, also known as Granite Island Light Station, "one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on Lake Superior". It is part of Marquette Township, in Marquette County. The island is granite rock that rises nearly perpendicularly to above the surface of Lake Superior, surrounded by deep water. The Native Americans called the island "Na-Be-Quon". That apparently