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Geologic Units: Marble City
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Marble City member
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Marble
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Adirondack uplift
Publication:

DeLorraine, W.F., and Carl, J.D., 1993, Precambrian geology of the Northwest Adirondack Lowlands; a stratigraphic viewpoint; Trip A1, IN Bursnall, J.T., ed., Field trip guidebook: New York State Geological Association Guidebook, 65th annual meeting, Canton, NY, September 24-26, 1993, no. 65, p. 1-51.


Summary:

Lower Marble formation in the Northwest Adirondack Mountains subdivided into several informal members. Marble City member described as gray and white banded graphite-phlogopitic calcitic marble with disseminated brown tourmaline, local chondrodite, and floating tremolite prisms. Overlies a thin, unnamed scapolite member and the lowermost Black Lake member. Underlies an unnamed calcitic marble member.

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


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