Setters Formation
Setters Formation Stratigraphic range: late Precambrian | |
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Type | metamorphic |
Unit of | |
Underlies | Cockeysville Marble |
Overlies | Baltimore Gneiss |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mica-schist |
Other | Muscovite-gneiss and quartzite |
Location | |
Region | Piedmont of eastern North America |
Country | United States |
Extent | Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
The Setters Formation is a geological formation in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The formation is metamorphic and consists of a complex suite of schist, gneiss, and quartzite.[1]
References[]
- ^ Crowley, William P.; Cleaves, Emery T. (1974). Geologic map of the Towson Quadrangle, Maryland (Map). 1:24000. Maryland Geological Survey.
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- Geology of Maryland
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