The lowest member is a basal conglomerate composed of pebbles derived from the erosion of the dark crumpled schists beneath,-schists which are supposed to be archean.
"The Elements of Geology"
William Harmon Norton
The floor on which the Algonkian rests is remarkably even, and here again is proved an interval of incalculable length, during which an ancient land mass of archean rocks was baseleveled before it received the cover of the sediments of the later age.
"The Elements of Geology"
William Harmon Norton
A theory held by many refers the ultimate source of the iron to the igneous rocks of the archean.
"The Elements of Geology"
William Harmon Norton