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| State | Vermont |
|---|---|
| Name | Pinney Hollow Formation, Ottauquechee, and Stowe Formations, Undifferentiated |
| Geologic age | Ordovician |
| Original map label | OCu |
| Comments | Part of Eastern Vermont Pinney Hollow Formation in the study area contains four major unnamed members: silvery green schist, greenstone, metagraywacke, and quartzose schist. Age according to map symbols is Proterozoic and Cambrian (Walsh, 1992) per VT014. |
| Primary rock type | mica schist |
| Secondary rock type | schist |
| Other rock types | amphibolite; quartzite |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistquartz-muscovite-garnet-chlorite-biotite schist, rusty carbonaceous schist, schistose quartzite. Schist locally contains porphyroblasts of staurolite and kyanite. Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartziteschistose quartzite Metamorphic > 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. Walsh, G.J., 1992, Bedrock geology of the Fayston-Buels Gore area, central Vermont: Vermont Geological Survey Special Bulletin, no. 13, 74 p., scale 1:24,000. |
| Geographic coverage | Windham - Windsor |
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