State | Massachusetts |
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Name | Fitch Formation |
Geologic age | Upper Silurian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Calc-silicate-rocksulfidic calc-silicate
Minor
Metamorphic > Schistminor sulfidic schist
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Comments | Part of Merrimack Belt (Silurian, Devonian and Pennsylvanian Rocks). Secondary unit description per MA006. Conodonts indicative of earliest Devonian 'woschmidti' to 'eurekaensis' Zones recovered from regionally metamorphosed marbles of the lower amphibolite facies of the Fitch Formation at the fossil locality near Bernardston, MA, refine the age of the Fitch in this area and extend the regional upper age limit of the Fitch, and confirm the existence of the inverted limb of the Bernardston nappe per MA008. |
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 Hatch, N.L., Jr., Robinson, Peter and Stanley, R.S., 1988, Stratigraphy of the Connecticut Valley belt, Chapter B, IN Hatch, N.L., Jr., ed., Bedrock geology of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1366-A-D, p. B1-B34.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1366AD Elbert, D.C., Harris, A.G. and Denkler, K.E., 1988, Earliest Devonian conodonts from marbles of the Fitch Formation, Bernardston nappe, north-central Massachusetts: American Journal of Science, v. 288, no. 7, p. 684-700. |
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Counties | Hampshire - Worcester |