thumbnail

Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Vermont part of the 7.5 x 15 minute Mount Ascutney and Springfield quadrangles, Windsor County, Vermont

Open-File Report 96-719
By: , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr96719

Links

Abstract

Bedrock in the Vermont part of the Mount Ascutney and Springfield quadrangles consists largely of, from west to east, Middle Proterozoic gneisses in the core of the Chester Dome, pre-Silurian metasedimentary, metavolcanic, and meta-igneous rocks as a cover sequence immediately above the dome, Silurian and Devonian metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Connecticut Valley sequence, and Ordovician to Silurian and Devonian metasedimentary rocks informally referred to as the New Hampshire sequence. In addition, the rocks are intruded by granitic dikes of the Devonian New Hampshire Plutonic Suite and, at Mount Ascutney, the Cretaceous White Mountain Plutonic - Volcanic Suite. The primary purpose of this report is to present preliminary results on the stratigraphic and structural relationships in the Connecticut Valley and New Hampshire sequence rocks.

Suggested Citation

Walsh, G., Armstrong, T.R., Ratcliffe, N.M., 1996, Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Vermont part of the 7.5 x 15 minute Mount Ascutney and Springfield quadrangles, Windsor County, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-719, 36 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr96719.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Study Area

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Preliminary bedrock geologic map of the Vermont part of the 7.5 x 15 minute Mount Ascutney and Springfield quadrangles, Windsor County, Vermont
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 96-719
DOI 10.3133/ofr96719
Year Published 1996
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 36 p.
Country United States
State Vermont
County Windsor County
Other Geospatial 7.5 x 15 minute Mount Ascutney and Springfield quadrangles
Scale 24000
Additional publication details