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Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
| State | Maine |
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| Name | Silurian unnamed limestone |
| Geologic age | Silurian |
| Comments | W - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite GS - Greenschist facies Protolith N - Limestone and/or dolostone |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | dolostone (dolomite) |
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| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneW - Weakly metamorphosed; contains local occurrences of prehnite and pumpellyite GS - Greenschist facies Protolith N - Limestone and/or dolostone
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| 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.
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| 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.
Boucot, A.J., 1969, Geology of the Moose River and Roach River synclinoria, northwestern Maine: Maine Geol. Surv., Bull. 21, 123 p.
Neuman, R.B., 1967, Bedrock geology of the Shin Pond and Stacyville quadrangles, Penobscot County, Maine, IN Shorter contributions to general geology, 1965: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 524-I, p. I1-I39.
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| Counties | Aroostook - Oxford - Penobscot - Piscataquis - Somerset |