Compton Formation - metasandstone member (VTDco;0)

Compton Formation - metasandstone member

Light-gray to tan, micaceous, locally calcareous metasandstone and slate or metamudstone in beds a few centimeters to tens of centimeters thick. Graded bedding common. Interpreted to be correlative with the Gile Mountain Formation. Part of the Connecticut Valley Trough.

State	Vermont
Name	Compton Formation - metasandstone member
Geologic age	Lower Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > MetasandstoneLight-gray to tan, micaceous, locally calcareous metasandstone. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > SlateLight-gray to tan, micaceous, locally calcareous slate or metamudstone in beds a few centimeters to tens of centimeters 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	Essex

Compton Formation - metasandstone 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.