Pg. 107-110. Albany phase of Irasburg conglomerate. Is characterized by presence of Cambrian marble, by porphyritic andesite boulders more than a foot in diameter, and by large well smoothed boulders of pure quartz. The porphyritic andesite boulders are present in both Irasburg and Albany.
[Notable exposures in Orleans Co., northeastern VT.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 24).
Pg. 343. The Irasburg, Albany, and Northfield conglomerates form base of Ordovician in eastern Vermont.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 24).
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