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U-Pb zircon studies of metamorphosed igneous rocks in the Adirondack Mountains have yielded preliminary ages within the range 1420-990 Ma. Several geochronologically and geochemically distinct episodes of igneous intrusion and at least one pre-granulite facies dynamothermal metamorphic event are documented. This information is consistent with recent field and geochronological studies throughout the Grenville province and suggests that a complex sequence of events occurred in the Adirondack Mountains prior to the widespread deformation and metamorphism commonly attributed to the ∼1100-1000 Ma Ottawan phase of the Grenvillian orogenic cycle.