Clarendon Springs Formation (VTCAsp;0)

Clarendon Springs Formation

Steel-gray-weathering, light-gray, massive calcitic dolostone grading upward into darker, more fissile calcitic dolostone containing white quartz knots near top; unit locally brecciated. Vermont Valley sequence and Middlebury synclinorium (above the Orwell and Champlain thrusts).

State	Vermont
Name	Clarendon Springs Formation
Geologic age	Upper Cambrian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Calcareous)Steel-gray-weathering, light-gray, massive calcitic dolostone grading upward into darker, more fissile calcitic dolostone containing white quartz knots near top; unit locally brecciated.
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

Clarendon Springs Formation

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.