Netop Formation - wacke member (VTCAZnw;0)

Netop Formation - wacke member

Bluish-gray, fine-grained metawacke and metasiltstone, perhaps equivalent to the Bomoseen Graywacke Member of the Bull Formation. Rocks of the Dorset Mountain slice (includes Dorset Mountain proper and Mount Equinox, southward to West Mountain near Bennington). Part of the Taconic Allochthon.

State	Vermont
Name	Netop Formation - wacke member
Geologic age	Cambrian and Neoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Metasandstone > MetagraywackeBluish-gray, fine-grained metawacke and metasiltstone. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasiltstoneBluish-gray, fine-grained metawacke and metasiltstone.
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

Netop Formation - wacke 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.