Devonian Tarratine Formation McKenny Pond Limestone (MEDtmc;0)

State	Maine
Name	Devonian Tarratine Formation McKenny Pond Limestone
Geologic age	Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneProtolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies. Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate (Greenschist)Protolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies. Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneProtolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies.
Comments	Named as a formation in Moose River Group after Tarratine railroad stop in Brassua Lake 15-min quad, west-central ME. Type section is along right-of-way of Canadian Pacific Railroad between Tarratine, on west side of Misery Ridge, and Somerset Junction on east side of ridge. Occurs in northern Somerset and western Piscataquis Cos., ME. Thick beds form cliffs bordering Enchanted Pond and slopes of Hedgehog Mountain in Spencer Lake 15-min quad. Consists mainly of blue-gray, dark-brown-weathering, well-indurated sandstone; some thin beds of dark-gray, gray- to dark-brown-weathering slate; and black, rusty- or gray- to dark-gray-weathering siltstone. Also contains Misery quartzite member (new) and McKenney Ponds limestone member (new). Maximum thickness is 10,000 ft. Lower contact of main body is gradational in one place and sharply disconformable in other places with the McKenney Ponds limestone member. Lower contact with Seboomook formation is gradational; conformably underlies Kineo volcanic member of Tomhegan formation. Report includes geologic map and correlation chart. (ME003) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). GS - Greenschist facies; W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith E - Feldspathic sandstone.
Stratigraphic units	Moose River Group
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. Boucot, A.J., 1961, Stratigraphy of the Moose River synclinorium, IN Contributions to general geology, 1959: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1111-E, p. E153-E188. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1111E Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., III, Marvinney, R.G. and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 56 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey and the New Hampshire Geological Survey. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1898D Boucot, A.J., 1969, Geology of the Moose River and Roach River synclinoria, northwestern Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 21, 123 p. US Geological Survey, 2005, National Geologic Map Database, Geologic Names Lexicon "GEOLEX", http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/.
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Counties	Somerset

State

Name

Devonian Tarratine Formation McKenny Pond Limestone

Geologic age

Devonian

Lithologic constituents

Major

Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneProtolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies.

Minor

Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Slate (Greenschist)Protolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies.

Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneProtolith S - Interbedded pelite, sandstone, and limestone and/or dolostone; GS - Greenschist facies.

Comments

Named as a formation in Moose River Group after Tarratine railroad stop in Brassua Lake 15-min quad, west-central ME. Type section is along right-of-way of Canadian Pacific Railroad between Tarratine, on west side of Misery Ridge, and Somerset Junction on east side of ridge. Occurs in northern Somerset and western Piscataquis Cos., ME. Thick beds form cliffs bordering Enchanted Pond and slopes of Hedgehog Mountain in Spencer Lake 15-min quad. Consists mainly of blue-gray, dark-brown-weathering, well-indurated sandstone; some thin beds of dark-gray, gray- to dark-brown-weathering slate; and black, rusty- or gray- to dark-gray-weathering siltstone. Also contains Misery quartzite member (new) and McKenney Ponds limestone member (new). Maximum thickness is 10,000 ft. Lower contact of main body is gradational in one place and sharply disconformable in other places with the McKenney Ponds limestone member. Lower contact with Seboomook formation is gradational; conformably underlies Kineo volcanic member of Tomhegan formation. Report includes geologic map and correlation chart. (ME003) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). GS - Greenschist facies; W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite; Protolith E - Feldspathic sandstone.

Stratigraphic units

Moose River Group

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.

Boucot, A.J., 1961, Stratigraphy of the Moose River synclinorium, IN Contributions to general geology, 1959: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1111-E, p. E153-E188.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1111E

Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., III, Marvinney, R.G. and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 56 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey and the New Hampshire Geological Survey.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i1898D

Boucot, A.J., 1969, Geology of the Moose River and Roach River synclinoria, northwestern Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 21, 123 p.

US Geological Survey, 2005, National Geologic Map Database, Geologic Names Lexicon "GEOLEX", http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/.

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Counties

Somerset