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Hoosac Formation - albite schist and granofels member

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Rusty-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, black albite-biotite-quartz schist and granofels, marked by large spangles of muscovite and weathered-out pits of dolomite or ankerite. Eastern flank of the Green Mountain massif and eastern domes.
State Vermont
Name Hoosac Formation - albite schist and granofels member
Geologic age Lower Cambrian and Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Granoblastic > GranofelsRusty-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, black albite-biotite-quartz schist and granofels, marked by large spangles of muscovite and weathered-out pits of dolomite or ankerite.
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistRusty-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, black albite-biotite-quartz schist and granofels, marked by large spangles of muscovite and weathered-out pits of dolomite or ankerite.
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
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Counties Bennington - Windham - Windsor