- Usage in publication:
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- Chandler Pond Formation
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Conglomerate
- Sandstone
- Mudstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- New England province
Summary:
Named as a formation in East Branch Group. Named for Chandler Pond, Spider Lake quad, Piscataquis Co., north-central ME. Consists of conglomerate with gray-red and yellow-green sandstone and mudstone. Thickness is greater than 120 m. Divided into informal upper and lower tongues. Intertongues with Carpenter Pond Formation; underlies Seboomook Formation. Age is Late Silurian and Early Devonian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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