Silurian unnamed limestone (MESul;0)

State	Maine
Name	Silurian unnamed limestone
Geologic age	Silurian
Original map label	Sul
Comments	W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite GS - Greenschist facies Protolith N - Limestone and/or dolostone
Primary rock type	limestone
Secondary rock type	dolostone (dolomite)
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite GS - Greenschist facies Protolith N - Limestone and/or dolostone
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. Boucot, A.J., 1969, Geology of the Moose River and Roach River synclinoria, northwestern Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 21, 123 p. Neuman, R.B., 1967, Bedrock geology of the Shin Pond and Stacyville quadrangles, Penobscot County, Maine, IN Shorter contributions to general geology, 1965: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 524-I, p. I1-I39. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp524I]
Geographic coverage	Aroostook - Oxford - Penobscot - Piscataquis - Somerset