I’ve known about this for years, never documented it. I’m calling it a rock swirl.It is an overturned thrust fault.
It is right on Cameron’s Line. I studied that formation when I did my
Independent Study on Soapstone Quarries in 1976.
(Don’t do the math! I’ve heard it is still referred to by some.)
Here is what it is made up of:
from the Connecticut Geological Map
CH - Cambrian, Hoosic Schist, which is a gray, rusty weathering,
fine to medium-grained schist. And poorly layered schistose-gneiss,
composed of quartz, biotite and plagioclase.
Ygn - Proterozoic, Layered gneiss, gray, medium-grained, well layered gneiss
Ohc - Ordovician, Harley Formation, carbonaceous schist facies, gray,
rusty weathering, fine to medium-grained schist and granofels
Or - Ordovician, Ratlum Mountain Schist, gray to medium-grained schist and granofels.
CL.- Cameron’s Line
This is a thrust fault, formed during the North American and African collision.
To get more information, you might want to do a search on the Taconic Orogeny.
Here is a close up of the geological map of that area.