Cheshire Quartzite - argillaceous (VTCAca;0)

Cheshire Quartzite - argillaceous

Locally contains a mappable brown-weathering, gray to brown argillaceous quartzite member. Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Cheshire Quartzite - argillaceous
Geologic age	Lower Cambrian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteBrown-weathering, gray to brown argillaceous 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 - Chittenden - Franklin

Cheshire Quartzite - argillaceous

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.