Usage:
Slashers Ledges Formation (CT)
Geologic age:
Cambrian, Middle
Cambrian, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On eastern limb of northward-plunging synform just south of Slashers Ledges and extending northwest from point marked "550" on 550-ft contour line (pl. 1), perpendicular to stratigraphic contacts. Crops out east and west of Slashers Ledges, which are located west of Route 44 and southeast of Jones Mountain, Collinsville quadrangle, northwestern CT.
Reference locality: on west limb of northward-plunging antiform and extending northeastward from where contact between rusty schist and kyanite schist members crosses antiform. Formation trends northeastward from Nepaug to western side of Breezy Hill along a belt varying in width from 1,500 to 4,000 ft (Stanley, 1964).
AAPG geologic province:
New England province
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