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Geologic units in Crawford county, Pennsylvania

Shenango Formation (Mississippian) at surface, covers 11 % of this area

Shenango Formation - Light-gray sandstone and some beds of medium-gray shale and siltstone; upper third of formation is more shaly; contains a few marine fossils.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone

Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided (Devonian) at surface, covers 28 % of this area

Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided - Greenish-yellow and gray sandstone, siltstone, and shale succession, becoming more shaly and more gray downward; bottom of interval is bottom of Panama Conglomerate; Venango not mapped separately because upper key bed (Woodcock Sandstone) is missing. Includes, in descending order: Berea Sandstone, Bedford Shale, Cussewago Sandstone, Riceville Shale, and Venango Formation equivalent; contains marine fossils.

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; conglomerate

Berea Sandstone and Bedford Shale, Undivided (Devonian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Berea Sandstone and Bedford Shale, Undivided - Sandstone and shale; upper portion sandstone; brown, weathers light brown to reddish brown; thin to thick bedded, planar to lenticular bedding; minor shale interbeds; 5 to 75 feet thick, locally 100 to 125 feet thickness in Lorain, Cuyahoga, and Medina Counties; lower portion shale; gray to brown, locally reddish brown; thin to medium bedded, planar to lenticular bedding; interbedded siltstone and sandstone, ripple marks in siltstone beds; 80 to 180 feet thick, locally thin to absent where Berea Sandstone is thick.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone

Pottsville Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Pottsville Formation - Predominantly gray sandstone and conglomerate; also contains thin beds of shale, claystone, limestone, and coal; includes Olean and Sharon conglomerates of northwestern Pennsylvania; thin marine limestones present in Beaver, Lawrence, and Mercer Counties; minable coals and commercially valuable high-alumina clays present locally.

Lithology: sandstone; conglomerate; shale; siltstone; claystone; limestone; coal

Chadakoin Formation (Devonian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Chadakoin Formation - Light-gray or brownish siltstone and some sandstone, interbedded with medium-gray shale; included in Conneaut Group and "Chemung" of earlier workers; marine fossils common; includes "pink rock" of drillers.

Lithology: siltstone; shale; sandstone

Berea Sandstone through Riceville Formation, undivided (Devonian) at surface, covers 7 % of this area

Berea Sandstone through Riceville Formation, undivided - Sandstone, siltstone, and shale; mostly light to dark gray, but some sandstone is greenish yellow, and a few reddish shales occur. Includes, in descending order: Berea Sandstone, Bedford Shale, Cussewago Sandstone, and Riceville Shale; marine fossils common.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; siltstone

Corry Sandstone through Riceville Formation, undivided (Devonian) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Corry Sandstone through Riceville Formation, undivided - Same as Berea-through-Riceville (MDbr) interval, but uppermost sandstone unit is recognized as Corry, not Berea.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone

Venango Formation (Devonian) at surface, covers 5 % of this area

Venango Formation - Light-gray siltstone interbedded with some flaggy, gray sandstone and some bluish-gray shale; Panama Conglomerate and Woodcock Sandstone are, respectively, the lower and upper key beds defining the formation; referred to as "Cattaraugus" by some workers; includes some red shales where it interfingers to the east and south with the Catskill Formation; marine fossils present.

Lithology: siltstone; sandstone; shale; conglomerate

Cuyahoga Group (Mississippian) at surface, covers 30 % of this area

Cuyahoga Group - Medium-gray siltstone and dark-gray shale containing interbedded light-gray, flaggy sandstone. Includes, in descending order: Meadville Shale, Sharpsville Sandstone, and Orangeville Shale; marine fossils common.

Lithology: siltstone; shale; sandstone