Usage:
Sherman Marble (VT*,MA*)
Geologic age:
Mesoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Abandoned quarry on northeast shore of Sherman Reservoir, east of abandoned Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington RR, Windham Co., southeastern VT (Ratcliffe, 1979).
Named from town of Sherman (Hubbard, 1924).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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