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Schist and granulite member [of Trap Falls Formation]

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Interlayered gray to silvery, medium- to coarse-grained schist and fine-grained granofels, composed of quartz, sodic plagioclase, biotite, and muscovite; garnet common in schist.
State Connecticut
Name Schist and granulite member [of Trap Falls Formation]
Geologic age Middle or Lower Ordovician
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Granoblastic > GranofelsInterlayered gray to silvery, medium- to coarse-grained schist and fine-grained granofels, composed of quartz, sodic plagioclase, biotite, and muscovite.
Metamorphic > SchistInterlayered gray to silvery, medium- to coarse-grained schist and fine-grained granofels, composed of quartz, sodic plagioclase, biotite, and muscovite; garnet common in schist.
Comments Part of Central Lowlands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Connecticut Valley Synclinorium; Hartland Belt. Part of Hawley Formation and equivalent formations (includes Trap Falls and Cobble Mountain Formations) (Middle Ordovician).
References

Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000.
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Counties Fairfield - New Haven