Ordovician Kamankeag Formation pelite member (MEOkms;0)

State	Maine
Name	Ordovician Kamankeag Formation pelite member
Geologic age	Ordovician
Original map label	Okms
Comments	GS - Greenschist facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite
Primary rock type	mudstone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Carbonaceous)GS - Greenschist facies E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite 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. Harwood, D. S., and Berry, W. B. N., 1967, Fossiliferous Lower Paleozoic rocks in the Cupsuptic quadrangle, west-central Maine: U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 575-D, p. D16-D23.
Geographic coverage	Franklin - Oxford