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  • Usage in publication:
    • Big Elk Creek Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Amphibolite
    • Felsite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Atlantic Coast basin
Publication:

Higgins, M.W., 1977, Six new members of the James Run Formation, Cecil County, northeastern Maryland, IN Sohl, N.F., and Wright, W.B., Changes in stratigraphic nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1435-A, p. A122-A127.


Summary:

Named Big Elk Creek Member of James Run Formation. Dark-green, gray quartz-plagioclase-hornblende amphibolite and felsite. Interlayered, layers 3-12 cm thick, of metavolcanic and metasedimentary origin. 305 m thick at type section. Gradationally overlies Gilpins Falls Member; probably partly equivalent to Happy Valley Branch and Principio Creek Members. Age is early Paleozoic.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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