Moretown Formation - interbedded quartzite and phyllite member (VTOmq;0)

Moretown Formation - interbedded quartzite and phyllite member

Light-gray laminated quartzite and vitreous quartzite interbedded with gray 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 - interbedded quartzite and phyllite member
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician to Cambrian?
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > PhylliteInterbedded with gray phyllite and schist. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLight-gray laminated quartzite and vitreous quartzite. Metamorphic > SchistInterbedded with gray 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	Washington

Moretown Formation - interbedded quartzite and phyllite 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.