Whitehall Formation - dolostone (VTOCAw;0)

Whitehall Formation - dolostone

Predominantly light-gray and pinkish-gray, coarse-grained dolostone and cherty dolostone. Part of the Beekmantown Group. Rocks of the Laurentian Margin. Part of the Adirondack lowlands and Lake Champlain lowlands (west of the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Whitehall Formation - dolostone
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician and Upper Cambrian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostonePredominantly light-gray and pinkish-gray, coarse-grained dolostone and cherty dolostone. Incidental Sedimentary > Chemical > ChertCherty 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
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 96860
Counties	Addison - Chittenden - Rutland

Whitehall Formation - dolostone

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.