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  • Usage in publication:
    • Daly Swamp Member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Schist
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Snyder, G.L., 1970, Bedrock geologic map and magnetic maps of the Marlborough quadrangle, east-central Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-791.


Summary:

Pg. 3. Daly Swamp member of Brimfield Schist. Consists mostly of schist. Thickness ranges from 0 to 210 m. Age is Middle(?) Ordovician or older.
Type locality: ledges south and southwest of Daly Swamp, Marlborough quadrangle, Holland Co., east-central CT.

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