Usage:
No current usage.
(†/Missisquoi Formation (VT-recognized locally in Franklin Co.) replaced with Gorge Formation. See Gorge.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Missisquoi Schist by Richardson (1919) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed in gorge of Missisquoi River at Highgate Falls, Highgate village, St. Albans quadrangle, Franklin Co., northwestern VT (Keith, 1924).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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