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Geologic Unit: Monastery

Usage:
Monastery Formation (VT)

Age:
Cambrian, Early
Geologic Province:
New England province
Areal Extent:
VT

Type Locality:
Exposures on north-east slopes of Monastery Mountain. Occurs in wide north-south trending belt between Monastery Mountain and Pine Gap and between western slopes of Gillespie Mountain and eastern slopes of Burnt Hill, Rochester-East Middlebury area, VT (Osberg, 1952).

Subunits:
Tyson and Battell Members (VT)

Unit Name History:
Named (Osberg, 1952).
Not used (Doll and others, 1961).
Revised and reinstated (Walsh, 1992).

Note: If you need more information, please contact Nancy Stamm (nstamm@usgs.gov).
Asterisks (*) indicate usage by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other usages by state geological surveys.

"No current usage" implies that a name has been abandoned or that it has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ().

Slashes (/) indicate unit name usage violates the 1983 North American Stratigraphic Code. This violation may be explained within brackets ([ ]).






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Last modified: 7-Jan-2007