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  • Usage in publication:
    • Zion Hill quartzite
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Quartzite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Ruedemann, Rudolf, 1914, Paleozoic rocks of the eastern trough, IN Cushing, H.P., and Ruedemann, Rudolf, Geology of Saratoga Springs and vicinity [New York]: New York State Museum Bulletin, no. 169, p. 66-99.


Summary:

Pg. 69-70. Zion Hill quartzite. [Is] Ferruginous quartzite of [T.N.] Dale [1904?]. Named from Zion Hill, Hubbardtown, VT [in Castleton quadrangle], where, according to Dale, it is exposed to thickness of 70 feet. Overlies Schodack shales and limestones. Is top formation of Lower Cambrian.
Recognized in Rensselaer Co., eastern NY, and Rutland Co., southwestern VT.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2395).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Zion Hill Quartzite Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Thompson, J.B., Jr., 1990, An introduction to the geology and Paleozoic history of the Glens Falls 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, IN Slack, J.F., ed., Summary results of the Glens Falls CUSMAP project, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1887-A, p. A1-A13.


Summary:

Late Proterozoic Nassau Formation is basal part of Taconic allochthon sequence in Glens Falls quadrangle. Includes Bomoseen Graywacke Member and Zion Hill Quartzite Member (exposed on Bird Mountain, Vermont), and Rensselaer Graywacke Member (exposed just south of quadrangle boundary). Overlain by Cambrian Browns Pond Formation.

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


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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