Usage:
No current usage.
(†/Montpelier Slate (VT) replaced with Memphremagog Slate. See Memphremagog.)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Montpelier Sandstone by Keyes (1893) in IA.]
Geologic age:
Ordovician
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Extends from Montpelier to Northfield, Washington Co., northeastern VT (Richardson, 1906).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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