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Ordovician Kamankeag Formation basalt and graywacke member

Ordovician Kamankeag Formation basalt and graywacke member
StateMaine
NameOrdovician Kamankeag Formation basalt and graywacke member
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelOkmg
CommentsGS - Greenschist facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies Protolith E - Feldspathic sandstone
Primary rock typegraywacke
Secondary rock typebasalt
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanic > Basalt (Bed)GS - Greenschist facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies Protolith E - Feldspathic sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Graywacke (Bed)GS - Greenschist facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies Protolith E - Feldspathic 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 coverageFranklin - Oxford

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