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"Glenarm Wissahickon" formation

"Glenarm Wissahickon" formation - Lithologically similar to oligoclase-mica schist of the Wissahickon Formation (PZw), but also includes lenticular amphibolite bodies having ocean-floor basalt chemistry.
StatePennsylvania
Name"Glenarm Wissahickon" formation
Geologic ageProbably lower Paleozoic
Original map labelXgw
CommentsDigital map differences from 1980 printed map: name and map symbol changed from (Wissahickon Formation - eastern part) (Xw).
Primary rock typemica schist
Secondary rock typemafic gneiss
Other rock typesamphibolite;
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Schistlithologically similar to oligoclase-mica schist of the Wissahickon Formation (PZw)
Minor
Metamorphic > Gneisssome hornblende gneiss, augen gneiss (PZw)
Metamorphic > Amphibolitealso includes lenticular amphibolite bodies having ocean-floor basalt chemistry
Map references
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map. Retrieved from internet 9-30-2004; <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx> DL Data: pageoexp.zip
Unit references
Berg, T. M., Edmunds, W. E., Geyer, A. R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map. Retrieved from internet 9-30-2004; <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx> DL Data: pageoexp.zip
Geographic coverageChester - Delaware - Montgomery

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