Moretown Formation - feldspathic quartzite member (VTOmfq;0)

Moretown Formation - feldspathic quartzite member

Light-grayish-brown- to tan-weathering biotite-muscovite feldspathic quartzite and muscovitic quartz schist. 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 - feldspathic quartzite member
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician to Cambrian?
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLight-grayish-brown- to tan-weathering biotite-muscovite feldspathic quartzite and muscovitic quartz schist. Metamorphic > Schist > Mica-schist > Muscovite-schistLight-grayish-brown- to tan-weathering biotite-muscovite feldspathic quartzite and muscovitic quartz 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	Washington - Windsor

Moretown Formation - feldspathic quartzite 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.