Lower part [of Maltby Lakes Metavolcanics] (CTOmal;0)

State	Connecticut
Name	Lower part [of Maltby Lakes Metavolcanics]
Geologic age	Middle? Ordovician
Original map label	Omal
Comments	Part of Central Lowlands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Connecticut Valley Synclinorium; Orange-Milford Belt
Primary rock type	greenschist
Secondary rock type	greenstone
Other rock types	schist; phyllite; metavolcanic rock; metasedimentary rock
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > SchistGray-green to green, fine-grained, generally well foliated greenschist, greenstone, and schist or phyllite, composed of albite and chlorite, plus quartz and sericite or epidote and actinolite. Metamorphic > Metaigneous > GreenstoneGray-green to green, fine-grained, generally well foliated greenschist, greenstone, and schist or phyllite, composed of albite and chlorite, plus quartz and sericite or epidote and actinolite. Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > PhylliteGray-green to green, fine-grained, generally well foliated greenschist, greenstone, and schist or phyllite, composed of albite and chlorite, plus quartz and sericite or epidote and actinolite.
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. [http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/connecticut_data.html#environmental] [http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37800&Loc=0000]
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	New Haven