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  • Usage in publication:
    • Lunenburg schist*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Schist
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Richardson, C.H., 1906, The areal and economic geology of northeastern Vermont, IN Perkins, G.H., Report of the State Geologist on the mineral industries and geology of certain areas of Vermont, 1905-1906: Vermont Geological Survey [Report of the State Geologist], 5th, p. 63-115.


Summary:

Pg. 79-82. Lunenburg schist. Highly metamorphic green, greasy, chlorite schist. [Pre-Cambrian on p. 79-80; probably Cambrian, p. 80; on p. 82 is following:] Prof. Hitchcock suggested, in "Geol. sections crossing New Hampshire and Vermont" term Montalban as = White Mountain series in New Hampshire, whose age is late Laurentian. In this report I have included these with Lunenburg schist as pre-Cambrian, awaiting further field investigation.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1237).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Lunenburg group
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Foyles, E.J., and Richardson, C.H., 1929, Rock correlation studies in west-central Vermont, IN Perkins, G.H., Report of the State Geologist on the mineral industries and geology of Vermont, 1927-1928: Vermont Geological Survey [Report of the State Geologist], 16th, p. 281-289.


Summary:

Table opp. p. 288. Lunenburg group. Uppermost Upper Cambrian of eastern Vermont, consists of sericite quartzite, sericite schist, and chlorite schist.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1237).


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