- Usage in publication:
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- Carman quartzite
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Quartzite
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Pg. 1172. Carman quartzite. Fine-sand quartzite and argillaceous fine sandstone with some limestones toward top. Thickness 60 to 135 feet. Underlies Youngman formation (new); overlies Beldens formation. [Age is Middle Ordovician (Chazyan).]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 642).
- Usage in publication:
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- Carman quartzite
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Carman quartzite. Basal formation of Maquam group (new). [Age is Middle Ordovician (Chazyan).]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 642).
- Usage in publication:
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- Carman quartzite
- Modifications:
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- Principal reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Pg. 81. Carman quartzite of Maquam group. Has type section at head of Shipyard Bay in Highgate Springs area, northwestern Vermont; it contains about 120 feet of thin- to medium-bedded quartz sandstone having a few argillaceous partings and includes some calcarenite beds in upper part. Section exposes contact with underlying Beldens calcitite but top is cut off by fault. [Extends into southeastern Quebec, Canada. Age is Middle Ordovician (Chazyan).]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 642).
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