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Ottauquechee Formation - carbonaceous albite schist member
Tan- to dark-gray-weathering, carbonaceous, medium- to coarse-grained chlorite-plagioclase-muscovite-quartz schist and interbedded tan, gray, and bluish-gray quartzite. Rocks of the Rowe-Hawley Zone. Allochthonous cover sequence east of the Green Mountains: rift and drift stage metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks and tectonic inclusions of ultramafic rocks.
State |
Vermont |
Name |
Ottauquechee Formation - carbonaceous albite schist member |
Geologic age |
Cambrian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schist > Muscovite-schistTan- to dark-gray-weathering, carbonaceous, medium- to coarse-grained chlorite-plagioclase-muscovite-quartz schist.
Minor
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteInterbedded tan, gray, and bluish-gray quartzite.
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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 |
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Counties |
Addison - Windsor
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