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Gorge Formation

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Dolomite, and dolomite breccia composed of angular clasts of dolostone, sandstone, and chert in a buff to gray quartzose dolostone. Cover rocks of the Saint Albans area.
State Vermont
Name Gorge Formation
Geologic age Lower Ordovician and Cambrian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneDolomite, and dolomite breccia composed of angular clasts of dolostone, sandstone, and chert in a buff to gray quartzose dolostone.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneDolomite breccia composed of angular clasts of dolostone, sandstone, and chert in a buff to gray quartzose dolostone.
Sedimentary > Chemical > ChertDolomite breccia composed of angular clasts of dolostone, sandstone, and chert in a buff to gray quartzose dolostone.
References

Ratcliffe, N.M., Stanley, R.S., Gale., M.H., Thompson, P.J., and Walsh, G.J., 2011, Bedrock geologic map of Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3184, 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3184
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Counties Franklin