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Silurian Sangerville Formation Anasagunticook member sulfidic pelite

Silurian Sangerville Formation Anasagunticook member sulfidic pelite
StateMaine
NameSilurian Sangerville Formation Anasagunticook member sulfidic pelite
Geologic ageSilurian
Original map labelSsar
CommentsConsists of well-bedded metasandstone, thinly laminated metasiltstone, and metashale. Thin medial unit of metalimestone. Thought to be fine-grained facies of Sangerville Formation and is assigned as a member (after usage of Pankiwskyj, 1979). About 1,000 m thick. Gradationally overlies Patch Mountain Member of Sangerville Formation. (ME041). Anasagunticook Member reassigned from Sangerville Formation to Waterville Formation following usage of Osberg (1988). Not shown separately on this map to simplify nomenclature. Rocks previously mapped as Anasagunticook Member of Sangerville Formation in the Bryant Pond, Buckfield, Dixfield, and Farmington 15-min quads are here shown as Waterville Formation (queried). Anasagunticook correlated with Waterville by Osberg (1988) on the basis of lithologic similarity. (ME004) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). AC - High rank amphibolite facies Protolith C - Sulfidic/carbonaceous pelite
Primary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > MetasedimentaryAC - High 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.
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.
Moench, R.H. and Pankiwskyj, K.A., 1988, Geologic map of western interior Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1692, 21 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
Geographic coverageOxford

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