Dalton Formation - feldspathic quartzite member (VTCAZdfq;0)

Dalton Formation - feldspathic quartzite member

Light-tan to gray-weathering, massive to thin-bedded, flaggy, tourmaline-muscovite-feldspar quartzite and interbedded phyllitic quartzite. 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 - feldspathic quartzite member
Geologic age	Lower Cambrian and Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLight-tan to gray-weathering, massive to thin-bedded, flaggy, tourmaline-muscovite-feldspar quartzite and interbedded phyllitic quartzite.
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 - feldspathic quartzite 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.