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Sweetsburg Formation

Sweetsburg Formation - Black, carbonaceous, well-cleaved slate with characteristic thin (1-5 mm) whitish silty bedding laminae; in St Albans and Hinesburg synclinoria and Cambridge syncline.
StateVermont
NameSweetsburg Formation
Geologic ageCambrian
Original map labelCs
CommentsPart of Champlain and Vermont Valleys
Primary rock typeslate
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > SlateBlack, carbonaceous, well-cleaved slate with characteristic thin (1-5 mm) whitish silty bedding laminae.
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.
Geographic coverageFranklin

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