Waits River Formation - quartzite and feldspathic quartzite member (VTDSwq;0)

Waits River Formation - quartzite and feldspathic quartzite member

Light-gray to tan, thinly bedded quartzite in beds 2 to 10 cm thick, exposed north of the Chester dome and south of Springfield; contains detrital zircon having Grenvillian provenance. Part of the Connecticut Valley Trough.

State	Vermont
Name	Waits River Formation - quartzite and feldspathic quartzite member
Geologic age	Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLight-gray to tan, thinly bedded quartzite in beds 2 to 10 cm thick.
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	Windham - Windsor

Waits River Formation - quartzite and feldspathic quartzite member

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.