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Geologic Unit: Newbury
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Newbury granite gneiss
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • 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. Newbury granite gneiss. Listed this name in Cambrian of eastern Vermont, but without definition. Probably named from village or township in Woodsville quadrangle, eastern part of Orange County, northeastern Vermont.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1482).


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