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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.
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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 |
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Counties |
Orange - Washington
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