Silurian Rangeley Formation "A" member lithic sandstone" (MESrac;0)

State	Maine
Name	Silurian Rangeley Formation "A" member lithic sandstone"
Geologic age	Silurian
Original map label	Srac
Comments	In western sequence of central Maine trough, divided into a main body, lower member near Woodstock (schist and granofels probably equivalent to member B), upper member near Woodstock (schist and granofels probably equivalent to member C), member A (in turn divided into gray shale and massive sandstone facies, massive sandstone facies, and polymict conglomerate facies), member B (in turn divided into quartz-rich, polymictic conglomerate facies and gray shale and sandstone facies), and member C (in turn divided into quartz conglomerate, sandstone, and gray shale; impure limestone and quartz conglomerate lenses; and upper gray shale and sandstone). (ME004) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). E - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies Protolith H - Lithic sandstone and conglomerate
Primary rock type	sandstone
Secondary rock type	conglomerate
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateE - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies Protolith H - Lithic sandstone and conglomerate Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneE - Epidote-amphibolite facies AA - Low rank amphibolite facies AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies Protolith H - Lithic sandstone and conglomerate
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. Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., III, Marvinney, R.G. and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 56 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey and the New Hampshire Geological Survey. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1898D] USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/]
Geographic coverage	Franklin - Oxford