Waits River Formation - slate and phyllite member (VTDSws;0)

Waits River Formation - slate and phyllite member

Predominantly dark- to light-gray, lustrous, carbonaceous chlorite-biotite-muscovite-quartz slate, phyllite, or schist; contains thin beds of quartzite and only sparse layers of punky-weathering limestone. Shown south of the Pomfret dome where rocks typical of the Gile Mountain Formation are absent, and near Randolph. Part of the Connecticut Valley Trough.

State	Vermont
Name	Waits River Formation - slate and phyllite member
Geologic age	Lower Devonian and Upper Silurian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > PhyllitePredominantly dark- to light-gray, lustrous, carbonaceous chlorite-biotite-muscovite-quartz slate, phyllite, or schist. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > SlatePredominantly dark- to light-gray, lustrous, carbonaceous chlorite-biotite-muscovite-quartz slate, phyllite, or schist. Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schistPredominantly dark- to light-gray, lustrous, carbonaceous chlorite-biotite-muscovite-quartz slate, phyllite, or schist. Minor Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite Incidental Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneSparse layers of punky-weathering limestone.
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	Orange - Windham - Windsor

Waits River Formation - slate and phyllite 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.