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Gile Mountain Formation, Interbedded gray slate or phyllite and brown-weathering calcite-ankerite metasiltstone

Interbedded gray slate or phyllite and brown-weathering calcite-ankerite metasiltstone - Contains minor marble and quartzite. Resembles Waits River Formation in Vermont.
StateNew Hampshire
NameGile Mountain Formation, Interbedded gray slate or phyllite and brown-weathering calcite-ankerite metasiltstone
Geologic ageLower Devonian
Original map labelDgc
CommentsPart of the Grenville Terrane (Connecticut Valley Trough).
Primary rock typeslate
Secondary rock typephyllite
Other rock typesmetasedimentary rock; marble; quartzite
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasiltstonebrown-weathering calcite-ankerite metasiltstone
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
Map references
Bennett, D. S, , Wittkop, C.A., and Dicken, C.L., 2006 , Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire - A Digital Representation of the Lyons and others 1997 map and ancillary files: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 215, scale 1:250,000, CD-ROM.
Unit references
Lyons, J.B., Bothner, W.A., Moench, R.H., and Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1997, Bedrock Geologic Map of New Hampshire: Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey Special Map, 1:250,000, 2 sheets.
Geographic coverageSullivan

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