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  • Usage in publication:
    • Castleton limestone conglomerate member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

Zen, E-an, 1959, Stratigraphy and structure at the north end of the Taconic Range and adjacent areas, IN Zen, E-an, ed., Stratigraphy and structure of west-central Vermont and adjacent New York: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference Guidebook, 51st annual meeting, Rutland, VT, October 17-18, 1959, p. 1-16.


Summary:

Named as member of Bull formation. Probably named for Castleton River, VT. Consists of intraformational limestone-pebble conglomerate with slate matrix. Thickness not more than 20 ft. Overlies Mudd Pond member (new); occurs near top of formation below West Castleton formation (new). Pebbles carry Early Cambrian ELLIPTOCEPHALA fauna.

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


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