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Geologic Unit: Beebe
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Beebe limestone*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Keith, Arthur, 1932, Stratigraphy and structure of northwestern Vermont: Washington Academy of Sciences Journal, v. 22, no. 13, p. 357-379.


Summary:

Pg. 360, 402. Beebe limestone. This limestone (only 5 to 20 feet thick) would in most other regions be called a member of the slate formation. But here it is such an exceptional change from usual character of the sediments, and so fossiliferous, that it is most important formation of entire Taconic sequence. Named for exposures near Beebe Pond, in Hubbardton, Vermont. Is everywhere present at proper horizon so far as known. Underlies Hooker slate and overlies Bull slate, all of [Early] Cambrian age.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 143).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beebe limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Zen, E-an, 1959, Stratigraphy and structure at the north end of the Taconic Range and adjacent areas, IN Zen, E-an, ed., Stratigraphy and structure of west-central Vermont and adjacent New York: New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference Guidebook, 51st annual meeting, Rutland, VT, October 17-18, 1959, p. 1-16.


Summary:

Pg. 2. Beebe limestone in West Castleton formation. Massive but discontinuous unit in West Castleton formation (new), in southwestern Vermont. Age is Early Cambrian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 268).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Beebe Limestone Member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • New England province
Publication:

Zen, E-an, 1961, Stratigraphy and structure at the north end of the Taconic Range in west-central Vermont: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 72, no. 2, p. 293-338.


Summary:

Pg. 304. Beebe Limestone Member of West Castleton Formation. Keith established the Beebe as a separate unit, apparently of formation rank, because within the Taconic sequence it is lithically distinct and faunally significant. The limestone, however, is interbedded with the slate of the West Castleton Formation and is not everywhere present. Therefore it is designated a member of the West Castleton Formation. Age is Early Cambrian (carries the ELLIPTOCEPHALA ASAPHOIDES trilobite fauna).

Source: Taconic stratigraphic names (USGS Bull. 1174, p. 16).


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