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Everett Schist

Everett Schist - minor meta-graywacke lenses. Includes Greylock Schist in Massachusetts.
StateNew York
NameEverett Schist
Geologic ageCambrian?
Original map labelCev
Commentspart of Eugeosynclinal (Allochthonous) Sequence up to 6000 ft.? (2000 m). USGS Geolex (ref. NY046) cites age as Proterozoic Z to Early Cambrian age
Primary rock typeschist
Secondary rock typemetasedimentary rock
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schist
Incidental
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > Metagraywackeminor meta-graywacke lenses
Map references
NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey, NYS Museum Technology Center, 1999, 1:250,000 Bedrock geology of NYS, data is distributed in ARC/INFOr EXPORT format (with ".e00" extension) in 5 seperate files based on printed map sheets, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html.
Unit references
D. W. Fisher; Y. W. Isachsen, L. V. Rickard, 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250000.
USGS Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX)
Geographic coverageColumbia - Dutchess

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