Silurian Leighton Formation pelite member (MESlp;0)

State	Maine
Name	Silurian Leighton Formation pelite member
Geologic age	Silurian
Original map label	Slp
Comments	GS - Greenschist facies Protolith A - Pelite
Primary rock type	mudstone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > MudstoneGS - Greenschist facies Protolith A - 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. Berdan, J.M., 1971, Silurian to Early Devonian ostracodes of European aspect from the Eastport quadrangle, Maine: Geol. Soc. Amer., Abs. with Prog., v. 3, p. 18. Berry, W.B.N., and Boucot, A.J., 1970, Correlation of the North American Silurian Rocks: Geol. Soc. Amer., Special Paper 102, 289 p.
Geographic coverage	Washington