State | Connecticut |
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Name | Quartzite unit [in Scotland Schist] |
Geologic age | Devonian or Silurian or both |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzitegenerally micaceous
Minor
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schist
|
Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Merrimack Synclinorium |
References | Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | New London - Windham |