| State | Maine |
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| Name | Cambrian Hurricane Mountain Formation |
| Geologic age | Cambrian |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Tectonite > MelangeProtolith Z- melange; GS - Greenschist facies; W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite;
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| Comments | Consists of dark, rusty-weathering, siliceous, scaly slate or schist, with flaser structure and polymict fragments ranging in size from a few millimeters up to (in ME) several hundred meters. Considered a melange consisting of metasedimentary, felsic and mafic metavolcanic, and ultramafic rocks. Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith Z - Melange; Also GS - Greenschist facies; Protolith Z - Melange |
| References | Osberg, P.H., Hussey, A.M., and Boone, G.M., 1985, Bedrock geologic map of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, Dept. of Conserv., scale 1:500,000.US Geological Survey, 2005, National Geologic Map Database, Geologic Names Lexicon "GEOLEX", http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/. |
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| Counties | Franklin - Oxford - Piscataquis - Somerset |