Devonian Seboomook Formation Temple Stream member (MEDst;0)

State	Maine
Name	Devonian Seboomook Formation Temple Stream member
Geologic age	Silurian-Devonian
Original map label	Dst
Comments	Revised as a formation of the Seboomook Group to follow usage of Pollock (1987). Occurs in central Maine trough in west-central ME. Consists of sulfidic schist interbedded with metasandstone and metasiltstone and local metaconglomerate. (ME004) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies AC - High rank amphibolite facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies GS - Greenschist facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite
Primary rock type	schist
Secondary rock type	metasedimentary rock
Other rock types	conglomerate
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > SchistProtolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies AC - High rank amphibolite facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies GS - Greenschist facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetaconglomerateProtolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies AC - High rank amphibolite facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies GS - Greenschist facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasandstoneProtolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies AC - High rank amphibolite facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies GS - Greenschist facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasiltstoneProtolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies AC - High rank amphibolite facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies GS - Greenschist facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite
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. 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] USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/]
Geographic coverage	Franklin - Oxford - Somerset