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Silurian - Ordovician unnamed sulfidic pelite

Silurian - Ordovician unnamed sulfidic pelite
StateMaine
NameSilurian - Ordovician unnamed sulfidic pelite
Geologic ageSilurian - Ordovician
Original map labelSOur
CommentsAA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite
Primary rock typemudstone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > MudstoneAA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium 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.
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 coverageKennebec - Waldo

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