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  • Usage in publication:
    • Misery quartzite member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Quartzite
    • Sandstone
    • Slate
    • Siltstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Boucot, A.J., 1961, Stratigraphy of the Moose River synclinorium, IN Contributions to general geology, 1959: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1111-E, p. E153-E188, (incl. geologic map, scale 1:250,000)


Summary:

Pg. 167-168, pl. 34. Misery quartzite member of Tarratine formation (new). Occurs in northern Somerset County, Maine. Where present, it divides Tarratine formation into an upper and lower part. Consists of interbedded light-gray, fine- to medium-grained quartzite, dark sandstone, siltstone, and slate which occurs near top of formation. Grades into main part of the Tarratine above and below. Thickness ranges from 4 to 500 feet. Age is Early Devonian (Oriskany). Fossils not found in member but it lies within main part of the Tarratine, which is of Oriskany age. Report includes geologic map and correlation chart.
Type section: at northwest end of railroad cut through Misery Ridge at east end of Tarratine, Brassau Lake 15-min quadrangle, northern Somerset Co., west-central ME. Named from Misery Ridge.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 495); GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Misery Quartzite Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Moench, R.H., Boone, G.M., Bothner, W.A., Boudette, E.L., Hatch, N.L., Jr., Hussey, A.M., II, Marvinney, R.G., and Aleinikoff, J.N., 1995, Geologic map of the Sherbrooke-Lewiston area, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, United States, and Quebec, Canada: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-1898-D, 2 sheets, 56 p., scale 1:250,000, Prepared in cooperation with Maine and New Hampshire geol. surveys


Summary:

Used as Misery Quartzite Member of Tarratine Formation of Moose River Group in Boundary Mountains-Bronson Hill anticlinorium. Age is Early Devonian.

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


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