Chipman Formation - Bridport Member (VTOcbrp;0)

Chipman Formation - Bridport Member

Thickly bedded, “beeswax-scored,” orangey-beige-weathering, yellowish-gray to light-bluish-gray dolostone, dark-gray fine-grained to aphanitic dolostone, and minor beds of bluish-gray limestone. Transitions eastward into the Beldens Member with addition of limestone beds. Equivalent to Providence Island Dolostone (Ofcpi). Chipman Formation (mapped south of Wings Point). Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Chipman Formation - Bridport Member
Geologic age	Middle Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)Thickly bedded, “beeswax-scored,” orangey-beige-weathering, yellowish-gray to light-bluish-gray dolostone, dark-gray fine-grained to aphanitic dolostone. Minor Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Minor beds of bluish-gray 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 - Bennington - Chittenden - Rutland

Chipman Formation - Bridport 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.