Cheshire Quartzite (VTCAc;0)

Cheshire Quartzite

Light-gray- to tannish-gray-weathering, massive to poorly bedded vitreous quartzite. Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Cheshire Quartzite
Geologic age	Lower Cambrian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLight-gray- to tannish-gray-weathering, massive to poorly bedded vitreous 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	Addison - Bennington - Chittenden - Franklin - Rutland

Cheshire Quartzite

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.