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Devonian - Silurian undifferentiated sedimentary rocks of the Spider Lake, Chandler Pond and Third Lake Formations

Devonian - Silurian undifferentiated sedimentary rocks of the Spider Lake, Chandler Pond and Third Lake Formations
StateMaine
NameDevonian - Silurian undifferentiated sedimentary rocks of the Spider Lake, Chandler Pond and Third Lake Formations
Geologic ageDevonian - Silurian
Original map labelDSs
CommentsW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typemudstone
Other rock typeslimestone; dolostone (dolomite)
Lithologic constituents
Map references
Digital bedrock data downloaded from Maine Office of GIS in September 2005 from http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=cover#bedrock Bedrock units table (publication date 11/15/2002) downloaded from same site. Permission to redistribute these data granted by Dr. Robert Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine, in September 2006.
Unit references
Osberg, P. H., Hussey, A.M., and Boone, G. M., 1985, Bedrock geologic map of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Dept. of Conserv., scale 1:500,000.
Hall, B.A., 1970, Stratigraphy of the southern end of the Munsungun anticlinorium, Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 22, 63 p.
Geographic coverageAroostook - Penobscot - Piscataquis

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