Wilcox Formation - garnetiferous quartzite and quartz schist member (VTY2wxg;0)

Wilcox Formation - garnetiferous quartzite and quartz schist member

Lustrous muscovite-chlorite-chloritoid or muscovite-chlorite-biotite-clinozoisite retrograde schistose quartzite and large-garnet schist. Resembles a retrograde variety of the Hague Gneiss (of Alling, 1918) (Y2hgn) near Whitehall, N.Y. Part of the aluminous schists and gneisses of the Washington Gneiss and Wilcox Formation and related rocks. Mount Holly Complex paragneiss. Rocks of the Green Mountain and Lincoln Mountain massifs and eastern domes.

State	Vermont
Name	Wilcox Formation - garnetiferous quartzite and quartz schist member
Geologic age	Middle Mesoproterozoic
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > SchistLarge-garnet schist. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > QuartziteLustrous muscovite-chlorite-chloritoid or muscovite-chlorite-biotite-clinozoisite retrograde schistose quartzite.
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
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Counties	Rutland

Wilcox Formation - garnetiferous quartzite and quartz schist 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.