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Devonian unnamed lithic sandstone and conglomerate

Devonian unnamed lithic sandstone and conglomerate
StateMaine
NameDevonian unnamed lithic sandstone and conglomerate
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDuss
CommentsW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite Protolith D - Lithic sandstone
Primary rock typegraywacke
Secondary rock typeconglomerate
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > GraywackeW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite Protolith D - Lithic sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite Protolith D - Lithic sandstone
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.
Geographic coveragePiscataquis

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