Shelburne Marble (VTOs;0)

Shelburne Marble

Predominantly light-gray- to white- and bluish-gray-streaked calcite marble and massive white- and green-streaked calcite marble. Locally contains intermediate dolostone and gray limestone beds. Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Shelburne Marble
Geologic age	Lower Ordovician
Lithologic constituents	Major Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > MarblePredominantly light-gray- to white- and bluish-gray-streaked calcite marble and massive white- and green-streaked calcite marble. Incidental Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneLocally contains intermediate dolostone and gray limestone beds. Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneLocally contains intermediate dolostone and gray limestone beds.
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 - Franklin - Rutland

Shelburne Marble

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.