Waits River Formation - quartz-cobble and schistose metaconglomerate member (VTDSwqc;0)

Waits River Formation - quartz-cobble and schistose metaconglomerate member

Light-gray muscovite-quartz schist and quartz conglomerate and dark-gray carbonaceous, polymict schistose quartz conglomerate, associated with DSwb, DSwb/Dl, DSws, and DSwv southeast of Springfield. Part of the Connecticut Valley Trough.

State	Vermont
Name	Waits River Formation - quartz-cobble and schistose metaconglomerate member
Geologic age	Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schist > Muscovite-schistLight-gray muscovite-quartz schist. Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateQuartz conglomerate and dark-gray carbonaceous, polymict schistose quartz conglomerate.
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 - quartz-cobble and schistose metaconglomerate 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.