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Hazens Notch Formation, Greenstone and Amphibolite

Hazens Notch Formation, Greenstone and Amphibolite - Chiefly albite-actinolite-chlorite-epidote greenstone; locally hornblende-epidote-chlorite-albite amphibolite. (Northern and Central Vermont).
StateVermont
NameHazens Notch Formation, Greenstone and Amphibolite
Geologic ageCambrian
Original map labelChg
CommentsPart of Green Mountains, Camels Hump Group The age of the Hazens Notch Formation is changed from Cambrian to Late Proterozoic and Cambrian based on reevaluation of stratigraphy and structure (O'Loughlin and Stanely, 1986) per VT022.
Primary rock typegreenstone
Secondary rock typeamphibolite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metaigneous > Greenstonechiefly albite-actinolite-chlorite-epidote greenstone
Minor
Metamorphic > Amphibolitelocally hornblende-epidote-chlorite-albite amphibolite
Map references
Nicholson, S.W., Dicken, C.L., Horton, J.D., Foose, M.P., Mueller, J.A.L., and Hon, Rudi, 2006, Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1272.
Unit references
Doll, C.G., Cady, W.M., Thompson, J.B., Jr., and Billings, M.P., 1961, Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Map MISCMAP-01, scale 1:250,000.
O'Loughlin, S.B. and Stanely, R.S., 1986, Bedrock geology of the Mount Abraham-Lincoln Gap area, central Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Bulletin, no. 6, 29 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:12,000).
Geographic coverageAddison - Franklin - Lamoille - Orleans - Washington

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