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Devonian - Silurian unnamed sedimentary rocks

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Devonian - Silurian unnamed sedimentary rocks
State Maine
Name Devonian - Silurian unnamed sedimentary rocks
Geologic age Devonian - Silurian
Comments W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith Q - Interbedded pelite and sandstone
Primary rock type mudstone
Secondary rock type sandstone
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith Q - Interbedded pelite and sandstone
Sedimentary > Clastic > MudstoneW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith Q - Interbedded pelite and sandstone
Map references
Digital bedrock data downloaded from Maine Office of GIS in September 2005 from http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=cover#bedrock Bedrock units table (publication date 11/15/2002) downloaded from same site. Permission to redistribute these data granted by Dr. Robert Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine, in September 2006.
Unit 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.
Counties Aroostook - Penobscot