Devonian Beck Pond Limestone (MEDb;0)

State	Maine
Name	Devonian Beck Pond Limestone
Geologic age	Devonian
Original map label	Db
Comments	GS - Greenschist facies Protolith S - interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type	dolostone (dolomite)
Other rock types	sandstone; mudstone
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneGS - Greenschist facies Protolith S - interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone Minor Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneGS - Greenschist facies Protolith S - interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone Incidental Sedimentary > Clastic > MudstoneGS - Greenschist facies Protolith S - interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneGS - Greenschist facies Protolith S - interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone
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. [http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=cover#bedrock]
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. Boucot, A.J., 1961, Stratigraphy of the Moose River synclinorium, IN Contributions to general geology, 1959: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1111-E, p. E153-E188. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1111E] Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., III, Marvinney, R.G. and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 56 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey and the New Hampshire Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1898D] Boucot, A.J., 1969, Geology of the Moose River and Roach River synclinoria, northwestern Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 21, 123 p.
Geographic coverage	Somerset