Dighton Conglomerate (MAPAd;0)

Dighton Conglomerate

Coarse conglomerate having sandy matrix; minor sandstone. Dighton Conglomerate occurs in Narragansett basin. Consists of gray conglomerate composed mainly of rounded quartzite cobbles to boulders containing subordinate rounded granite cobbles and slate pebbles; very little sand matrix; lenses of medium-grained sandstone form less than 20 percent of unit. Age is Pennsylvanian (Goldsmith, 1991).

State	Massachusetts
Name	Dighton Conglomerate
Geologic age	Upper Pennsylvanian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateCoarse conglomerate having sandy matrix. Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Comments	Part of Milford-Dedham Zone (Tertiary and Older Rocks). Secondary unit description per MA023.
References	Zen, E-An (ed.), Goldsmith, R. (comp.), Ratcliffe, N.M. (comp.), Robinson, P. (comp.), Stanley, R.S. (comp.), Hatch, N.L., Jr., Shride, A.F., Weed, E.G.A., and Wones, D.R., 1983, Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, scale 1: 250,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70046713 Goldsmith, Richard, 1991, Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedham zone, eastern Massachusetts; an Avalonian terrane, Chapter E, IN Hatch, N.L., Jr., ed., The bedrock geology of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1366-E-J, p. E1-E62. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1366EJ
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 16357
Counties	Bristol

Dighton Conglomerate

Zen, E-An (ed.), Goldsmith, R. (comp.), Ratcliffe, N.M. (comp.), Robinson, P. (comp.), Stanley, R.S. (comp.), Hatch, N.L., Jr., Shride, A.F., Weed, E.G.A., and Wones, D.R., 1983, Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, scale 1: 250,000.

Goldsmith, Richard, 1991, Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedham zone, eastern Massachusetts; an Avalonian terrane, Chapter E, IN Hatch, N.L., Jr., ed., The bedrock geology of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1366-E-J, p. E1-E62.