Rangeley Formation, Pink to green calc-silicate and purple biotite granofels (NHSrup;0)

State	New Hampshire
Name	Rangeley Formation, Pink to green calc-silicate and purple biotite granofels
Geologic age	Lower Silurian (Llandoverian)
Original map label	Srup
Comments	Part of the Central Maine Composite Terrane (Central Maine Trough) - Variably metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks of greenschist to granulite facies, locally migmatized. Area includes structural belts between the Monroe fault on the west and the Campbell Hill fault on the east; that is, the Bronson Hill anticlinorium, Piedmont allochthon, Kearsarge-central Maine synclinorium, central New Hampshire anticlinorium, and Rochester-Lebanon (Maine) antiformal synclinorium.
Primary rock type	calc-silicate rock
Secondary rock type	granofels
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Granoblastic > Granofelspurple biotite granofels Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rockpink to green calc-silicate
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. [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ds215]
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. Zen, E-an, ed., and Goldsmith, R., Ratcliffe, N.M., Robinson, P., and Stanley, R.S., compilers, 1983, Bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey State Geologic Map, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverage	Cheshire - Hillsborough