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Geologic Unit: Randolph

Usage:

/Randolph Phyllite (VT-recognized locally in Orange Co.)

[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Randolph Granite of Billings (1928) in NH, and Randolph Phyllite of Richardson (1924) in same area.]


Geologic age:

Devonian
Silurian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Quarried at Randolph, Randolph Twp., Orange Co., northeastern VT (Foyles and Richardson, 1929).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province


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