State | Connecticut |
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Name | Fitch Formation |
Geologic age | Silurian |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistinterlayered with two-mica schist
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rockGray, fine- to medium-grained calc-silicate rock, composed of quartz, biotite, calcite, actinolite, diopside, microcline, and locally garnet, scapolite, or epidote.
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Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Bronson Hill Anticlinorium; Bolton Group (Devonian and Silurian) |
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 | Hartford - Middlesex - Tolland |