Moretown Formation - granofels and coticule member (VTOmfgc;0)

Moretown Formation - granofels and coticule member

Grayish-green, chlorite-biotite-plagioclase-quartz granofels and schist containing abundant fine layers of pinkish-gray small-garnet quartzite and coticule. Part of the metasedimentary host rocks of the North River Igneous Suite. Rocks of the Early to Late Taconic Accreted Terrane of the Rowe-Hawley Zone. Eastern allochthonous sequence, oceanic and accretionary realm, ultramafic inclusions, volcanic-arc intrusives, and volcanic rocks.

State	Vermont
Name	Moretown Formation - granofels and coticule member
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician to Cambrian?
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteAbundant fine layers of pinkish-gray small-garnet quartzite and coticule. Metamorphic > Schist > Quartz-feldspar-schistGrayish-green, chlorite-biotite-plagioclase-quartz granofels and schist. Metamorphic > Granoblastic > GranofelsGrayish-green, chlorite-biotite-plagioclase-quartz granofels and schist.
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	Windsor

Moretown Formation - granofels and coticule 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.