Field Notebook: Vermont 1922
Page 61
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Tuesday, Sep. 19 - 1922. Highgate Center. About 2 1/2 miles N.W of Highgate Center back of school (in a ring on map) stone may be seen a 20 foot zone of diomitic conglomerate in the Upper Mallett with angular masses up to one foot long. It is an intra-formational one. The pieces lie in same direction and are of almost the same character as the enclosing diomite, therefore there is much peemdy quartz in which is intruded since from the conglomerate. This crop, is of the Mallett diomite. The school stone is near the peg marked 276 on the topographic sheet. Stillle No 1., dip about 20 degrees E 3.5 miles N. 20° W of Highgate Center Section of Larne Creek hill from Inverness - St Germain road due east half mile to road back to Highgate Center. The line of section is marked by a line on map. Morton red fine grained quartzite in heavy beds. Fair very folded. On the whole thin jointy there is much free-crystal matter. Also saw bits of trilobites. This goes on for a thickness of from 125 ft at most 150 feet. 125'-150' Then being folded over lighter gray-faint diomite about 60 feet. 60' Very heavy folded white coarse to conglomeratic quartzite. About 10 feet. 10 Fine grained gray sandy dl. About 8 feet. 8 Coarse grained fgy coarse quartzite. About 30 233-258