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Skeels Corners Slate

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Laminated black slate with thin orange dolostone beds; includes massive dolostones mapped as Saxe Brook Formation by others in the Highgate area. Cover rocks of the Saint Albans area.
State Vermont
Name Skeels Corners Slate
Geologic age Lower Ordovician and Cambrian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > SlateLaminated black slate.
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)Thin orange dolostone beds; includes massive dolostones mapped as Saxe Brook Formation by others in the Highgate area.
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 Chittenden - Franklin