Dalton Formation - conglomerate member (VTCAZdc;0)

Dalton Formation - conglomerate member

Commonly tan- to yellowish-tan-weathering, coarse- to fine-grained quartz-pebble to -cobble, quartz conglomerate and schistose quartz conglomerate. Locally dark-gray biotite-muscovite-blue-quartz-pebble wacke to conglomerate. Occurs at or near base of unit. Unit interfingers to the north with rocks of the Tyson Formation and to the east with rocks of the Hoosac Formation. Cover rocks of the Southern Green Mountains.

State	Vermont
Name	Dalton Formation - conglomerate member
Geologic age	Lower Cambrian and Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateCommonly tan- to yellowish-tan-weathering, coarse- to fine-grained quartz-pebble to -cobble, quartz conglomerate and schistose quartz conglomerate. Locally dark-gray biotite-muscovite-blue-quartz-pebble wacke to conglomerate. Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > GraywackeLocally dark-gray biotite-muscovite-blue-quartz-pebble wacke to conglomerate.
References	Ratcliffe, N.M., Stanley, R.S., Gale., M.H., Thompson, P.J., and Walsh, G.J., 2011, Bedrock geologic map of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3184, 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3184
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 96860
Counties	Bennington - Rutland - Windham

Dalton Formation - conglomerate member

Ratcliffe, N.M., Stanley, R.S., Gale., M.H., Thompson, P.J., and Walsh, G.J., 2011, Bedrock geologic map of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3184, 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000.