Granite is a very resistant rock, that is, it wears away very slowly
under the forces of nature. The granite is worn down more slowly than
the metamorphic rocks which it has intruded. The granite has been
squeezed between and across the layers (bands) of the metamorphic rocks
(previously sedimentary rocks) now found on Burke Mountain. In a very
true sense, the granite forms a skeleton framework for the metamorphic
rocks of Burke Mountain. In other words, it holds these metamorphic
rocks up above the surrounding area of metamorphic rocks.