Chipman Formation - Beldens Member (VTOcbe;0)

Chipman Formation - Beldens Member

Light-gray to creamy-white-weathering fine-grained limestone, orangey-buff-weathering dolostone, and reddish-streaked (hematite) calcite marble. Chipman Formation (mapped south of Wings Point). Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Chipman Formation - Beldens Member
Geologic age	Middle Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneOrangey-buff-weathering dolostone. Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > MarbleReddish-streaked (hematite) calcite marble. Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneLight-gray to creamy-white-weathering fine-grained limestone.
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 - Rutland

Chipman Formation - Beldens Member

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.