Moretown Formation - Harlow Bridge quartzite member (VTOmhb;0)

Moretown Formation - Harlow Bridge quartzite member

Buff-weathering, tan to green, fine-grained massive to thinly bedded quartzite intercalated with green phyllite and 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 - Harlow Bridge quartzite member
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician to Cambrian?
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteBuff-weathering, tan to green, fine-grained massive to thinly bedded quartzite. Minor Metamorphic > SchistIntercalated with green phyllite and schist. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > PhylliteIntercalated with green phyllite 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	Orange - Washington

Moretown Formation - Harlow Bridge 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.