Orwell Limestone (VTOo;0)

Orwell Limestone

Dove-gray-weathering, black to dark- gray, fine-grained poorly fossiliferous limestone. Distinguished from the Middlebury Limestone with difficulty, especially in the area west of the Sudbury slice. Part of the Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts). Rocks of the Laurentian Margin. Also part of the Adirondack lowlands and Lake Champlain lowlands (west of the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Orwell Limestone
Geologic age	Upper Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneDove-gray-weathering, black to dark- gray, fine-grained poorly fossiliferous 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 - Chittenden - Franklin - Rutland

Orwell Limestone

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.