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Waits River Formation - Ayers Cliff member

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Gray- to bluish-gray, fine- to medium-grained, thinly bedded calcareous metasandstone, quartzose metalimestone, and fissile, laminated calcareous metasandstone and phyllite. Part of the Connecticut Valley Trough.
State Vermont
Name Waits River Formation - Ayers Cliff member
Geologic age Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Phyllite
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasandstoneGray- to bluish-gray, fine- to medium-grained, thinly bedded calcareous metasandstone; fissile, laminated calcareous metasandstone.
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > MetacarbonateQuartzose metalimestone.
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
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Counties Orleans