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Geology of Vermont


VERMONT ROCKS THROUGH TIME, 2013
12 generalized maps by geologic age and rocks by major type (igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary)

AGE RELATIONSHIPS OF ROCKS IN EASTERN VERMONT (2009)
CAVENDISH GORGE & DANBY
CHAZY REEF OF ISLE LAMOTTE,
Click here for a geologic map, 1957;
Click here for a geologic map, 1968
Goodsell Ridge Preserve
CHAMPLAIN THRUST, BURLINGTON
ELIZABETH MINE, STRAFFORD (1969)
Link to The Legacy of the Elizabeth Mine
GEOLOGY OF THE MONKTON AREA
GREEN ROCKS IN VERMONT GREEN MOUNTAIN GIANT, WHITINGHAM
HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE ARLINGTON QUAD., VT
MORETOWN SCHOOL AREA
MONTPELIER QUAD. -
Geologic Scenery in the Montpelier Quadrangle

Surficial Geologic map

MONTPELIER QUAD. -
Surficial Geology of the Barre - Montpelier Region (.pdf)
MONTPELIER QUAD. -
Bedrock photographs
Bedrock geologic map

MONTPELIER QUAD. -
Superposition of Ductile Structures in the Montpelier Quadrangle
STATE ROCKS UNDERHILL GEOLOGY
1861 Geologic Map of Vermont

1877 Geologic Map of New Hampshire and Vermont

1961 Centennial Geologic Map of Vermont (tiled web image)
1961 map as pdf: left half, right half
Towns, counties and surface water on a shaded relief base map


Local/Regional Web Sites:

General Vermont Geology:
The Geology of Vermont by Barry L. Doolan (7.4 mb pdf) published by Heldref Publications in 1996 in Rocks and Minerals Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 4.
Download the Geologic History of the Northeast (from PRI)
Simplified Lithotectonic Synthesis of Pre-Silurian Rocks in New England

College and University Sites:
Middlebury College Field Trips
New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference (NEIGC)
Perkins Geology Museum at UVM
University of Vermont Geology Dept.

Earthquakes:
Link to a List of Current Earthquake Activity
Why Does the Earth Quake in New England?

Elizabeth Mine:
Geology of the Elizabeth Mine, Economic Geology 5 (pdf and jpg)
Elizabeth Mine Homepage at Dartmouth College
Elizabeth Mine Superfund Site

Glacial Geology of Vermont:
Deglaciation and the Champlain Sea
Champlain Sea
The Charlotte Whale Page
Glacial Lake Hitchcock

Mineral Resources & Soils:
USGS Mineral Resource Data (Interactive map of active and inactive quarry sites)
Vermont Soils Information
USGS Geophysical, Geochemical and Mineral Data Sets
Private Water Well Data for State of Vermont
Stone Quarries and Beyond

Other:
Burlington Gem and Mineral Club Homepage
Slate Valley Museum
Structures and Monuments which used Vermont stone (Stone Quarries and Beyond)
Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Vermont Geological Society
For a list of minerals in Vermont reported in literature, click here.

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