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Geologic Unit: Rugg Brook

Usage:

Rugg Brook Dolomite (VT-local)
Rugg Brook Formation (VT-local)
Recognized locally in St. Albans area.


Geologic age:

Cambrian


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

Type locality: on Rugg Brook, less than 3 mi southwest of St. Albans, [St. Albans 15-min quadrangle], Franklin Co., northwestern VT (Schuchert, 1933).


AAPG geologic province:

New England province


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

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