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Tillotson Peak Structural Complex - pelitic schist
Silvery-gray, medium-grained schist composed of white mica, quartz, chlorite (±garnet±albite±glaucophane±chloritoid); local centimeter-thick lenses of coticule. Rocks of the Early to Late Taconic Accreted Terrane of the Rowe-Hawley Zone. Eastern allochthonous sequence, oceanic and accretionary realm, ultramafic inclusions, volcanic-arc intrusives, and volcanic rocks.
State |
Vermont |
Name |
Tillotson Peak Structural Complex - pelitic schist |
Geologic age |
Cambrian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Schist > Pelitic-schistSilvery-gray, medium-grained schist composed of white mica, quartz, chlorite (±garnet±albite±glaucophane±chloritoid); local centimeter-thick lenses of coticule.
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Comments |
Original label is CZtp. Unit age is listed only as Cambrian. Changed unit label to CAtp. |
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 |
Orleans |