Walloomsac Formation - limestone (VTOwl;0)

Walloomsac Formation - limestone

Basal limestone member. Tectonically shredded, silty varieties near and on Whipstock Hill constitute the Whipstock Breccia Member of Potter (1972) (Oww). Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Walloomsac Formation - limestone
Geologic age	Upper Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Basal limestone member. Tectonically shredded, silty varieties near and on Whipstock Hill.
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	Bennington - Rutland

Walloomsac Formation - 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.