West Castleton Formation

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West Castleton Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Type Metamorphic
Sub-unitsBeebe Limestone Member
Lithology
Primary Slate, Phyllite
Other dolostone, quartzite, Arkose
Location
RegionFlag of New York.svg  New York, Flag of Vermont.svg  Vermont
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named forWest Castleton, Vermont
Named byE-an Zen

The West Castleton Formation is a geologic formation in New York and Vermont. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

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It is described in Vermont as "Gray silicious to black, graphitic, pyritiferous slate and phyllite, locally with interbedded thin dark grey dolostone and grey quartzite and arkosic layers. Thin, white sandy laminae commonly found in the graphitic beds." [1]

Type Section

The type section is a roadcut along Scotch Hill Road, south of West Castleton, Vermont. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Stratigraphy and Structure of a Portion of the Castleton Quadrangle, Vermont, by E-an Zen, Bulletin 25, Vermont Geological Survey, 1964. Map Scale: 1:62,500.
  2. West Castleton, National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary
  3. Stratigraphy and structure at the north end of the Taconic Range in west-central Vermont, Zen, E-an, 1961. Geological Society of America Bulletin v.72, n.2 (p. 293)