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| State | Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Name | Mount Pisgah Member of Littleton Formation |
| Geologic age | Devonian |
| Original map label | Dblm |
| Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Bronson Hill Anticlinorium; Bolton Group (Devonian and Silurian) |
| Primary rock type | granofels |
| Secondary rock type | quartzite |
| Other rock types | schist |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteGray, medium-grained, well-layered (locally graded) granofels or micaceous quartzite with some schist, composed of quartz, oligoclase, biotite, garnet, and sillimanite. Metamorphic > Granoblastic > GranofelsGray, medium-grained, well-layered (locally graded) granofels or micaceous quartzite with some schist, composed of quartz, oligoclase, biotite, garnet, and sillimanite. Minor
Metamorphic > SchistGray, medium-grained, well-layered (locally graded) granofels or micaceous quartzite with some schist, composed of quartz, oligoclase, biotite, garnet, and sillimanite. |
| Map references | Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, DEP, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000, Bedrock Geology of Connecticut, data format: shapefile, file name: bedrock, downloaded from: http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37800&Loc=0000 on 9/18/2003, scale 1:50,000. |
| Unit references | Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 125,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Tolland |
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