| State | Maine |
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| Name | Ordovician - Precambrian Z Cushing Formation, mafic volcanic member |
| Geologic age | Ordovician - Precambrian Z |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Volcanic > Mafic-volcanicE - Epidote-amphibolite facies; AA - Low rank amphibolite facies; AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies; Protolith V - Basaltic volcanic rocks
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| Comments | Named for development at Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., southwestern ME. Named as a formation in Casco Bay group. Consists of an assemblage of mostly thin-bedded, light-gray, siliceous and sericitic slates; and heavier beds of graywacke slate, schist, and quartzite containing, at short intervals, thin layers or laminae of black, micaceous phyllite and light-bluish calcareous schist or slate. Thickness about 600 ft. Underlies Spring Point greenstone; overlies Kittery quartzite. (ME062) Unit description from USGS GEOLEX website (ME078). AB - Medium rank amphibolite facies; AC - High rank amphibolite facies; Protolith F - Quartz sandstone. |
| Stratigraphic units | Casco Bay 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. |
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| Counties | Cumberland - Kennebec - Lincoln - Waldo |