- Usage in publication:
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- Catamount schist
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Schist
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Adirondack uplift
Summary:
Named for Catamount Mountain, west of Pottersville, Warren Co., northeastern NY. Forms slopes of Catamount Mountain. Consists of sillimanite schist. Thickness is 70 to 80 ft. Age is Precambrian. Included in Grenville series. Is older than Bear Pond schist and younger than Swede Pond quartzite.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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