mica schist (RIZms;0)

mica schist

Gray to green, fine-grained, thinly bedded schist consisting of muscovite, biotite, chlorite, and quartz. Locally contains think beds of quartzite, marble, and amphibolite. Includes rock mapped formerly as mica schist of Bristol, chlorite-biotite schist of Tiverton, and mica-chlorite schist of Sakonnet.

State	Rhode Island
Name	mica schist
Geologic age	Late Proterozoic? or older?
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistGray to green, fine-grained, thinly bedded schist consisting of muscovite, biotite, chlorite, and quartz. Incidental Metamorphic > Amphibolite Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
Comments	Part of Esmond-Dedham Subterrane (East Bay Area)
References	Hermes, O.D. (comp.), Gromet, L.P. (comp.), Murray, D.P. (comp.), Hamidzada, N.A., Skehan, J.W., and Mosher, S., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, Kingston, Rhode Island, scale 1:100,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 19719
Counties	Bristol - Newport

mica schist

Hermes, O.D. (comp.), Gromet, L.P. (comp.), Murray, D.P. (comp.), Hamidzada, N.A., Skehan, J.W., and Mosher, S., 1994, Bedrock geologic map of Rhode Island: Rhode Island Map Series No. 1, Kingston, Rhode Island, scale 1:100,000.