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Geologic units in Russell county, Virginia

[Additional scientific data in this geographic area]

Wise Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Wise Formation - Sandstone, shale, siltstone, and coal; quartzarenite.

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal

New River Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

New River Formation - Sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal.

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal; limestone

Moccasin or Bays Formation through Blackford Formation (Ordovician) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Moccasin or Bays Formation through Blackford Formation - Dusky-red shale and mudstone; sandstone; limestone, in part cherty; and calcareous shale.

Lithology: shale; mudstone; sandstone; limestone; chert

Kanawha Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 4 % of this area

Kanawha Formation - Sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal.

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal

Norton, New River, Lee and Pocahontas Formations Undivided (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Norton, New River, Lee and Pocahontas Formations Undivided - Norton Formation: siltstone, shale, sandstone, and coal. New River Formation: Sandstone siltstone, shale, coal. Pocahontas Formation: Sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal. Lee Formation: Quart

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal; arenite; conglomerate

Maccrady Shale and Price Formation (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Maccrady Shale and Price Formation - Includes: Maccrady Shale: Dusky-red and green shale and mudstone; and evaporite deposits. Price Formation: Sandstone, conglomeratic sandstone, and shale with carbonaceous partings and impure coal beds.

Lithology: sandstone; shale; mudstone; coal; evaporite

Greenbrier Limestone (Mississippian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Greenbrier Limestone - Limestone, in part cherty, fossiliferous; shale.

Lithology: limestone; shale; chert; dolostone (dolomite)

Upper and Middle Ordovician Formations Undivided (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

Upper and Middle Ordovician Formations Undivided - Includes: Oun, Ous, Ou, Om, Okpl, Oeln, Oml, Ols.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; mudstone; limestone; siltstone; graywacke; chert

Mississippian Formations Undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Mississippian Formations Undivided - Includes Pennington Group, Bluefield Formation, Greenbrier Limestone, Maccrady Shale and Price Formation; Includes Newman Limestone, Fort Payne Chert, and Grainger Formation in western Lee County

Lithology: shale; limestone; sandstone; siltstone; dolostone (dolomite); conglomerate; mudstone; arenite; coal; evaporite; chert

Silurian Formations Undivided (Silurian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Silurian Formations Undivided - Some landslides with intact stratigraphic units in Giles County area. Includes: Dsu, Skrt, Sm. (Shrc?)

Lithology: sandstone; shale; limestone; arenite; conglomerate

Rome Formation (Cambrian) at surface, covers 8 % of this area

Rome Formation - Dusky-red and green shale and siltstone, dolomite, and limestone.

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; dolostone (dolomite); limestone

Norton Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 10 % of this area

Norton Formation - Shale, siltstone, sandstone, and coal.

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; coal

Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.8 % of this area

Lee Formation - Quartzarenite, sandstone, conglomerate, shale, siltstone, and coal.

Lithology: arenite; sandstone; conglomerate; shale; siltstone; coal

Knox Group (Cambrian-Ordovician) at surface, covers 23 % of this area

Knox Group - dolostone, limestone, sandstone. Includes the Mascot Dolomite, Kingsport Dolomite, Chepultepec Dolomite, Copper Ridge Dolomite. (Includes: Ob, Omk, Occo, Cco, Occc.)

Lithology: dolostone (dolomite); limestone; chert; sandstone

Silurian and Upper Ordovician Formations Undivided (Ordovician-Silurian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Silurian and Upper Ordovician Formations Undivided - Includes: Skrt, Sm, Oun, Ous, Ou, Om. (Shrc and Okpl?)

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone; limestone; mudstone; quartzite; arenite

Chattanooga Shale and Wildcat Valley Sandstone (Devonian-Mississippian) at surface, covers 1 % of this area

Chattanooga Shale and Wildcat Valley Sandstone - Black, fissile shale and siltstone; calcareous sandstone

Lithology: black shale; siltstone; sandstone

Nolichucky and Honaker Formations (Cambrian) at surface, covers 16 % of this area

Nolichucky and Honaker Formations - Dolomitic shale; dolomite and minor chert.

Lithology: shale; dolostone (dolomite); chert

Lower Ordovician and Upper Cambrian Formations Undivided (Cambrian-Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.7 % of this area

Lower Ordovician and Upper Cambrian Formations Undivided - Includes Pinesburg Station Dolomite, Rockdale Run Formation, Beekmantown Formation, Stonehenge Limestone and Conococheague Formation.

Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite); chert; sandstone

Millboro Shale, Huntersville Chert, and Rocky Gap Sandstone (Devonian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Millboro Shale, Huntersville Chert, and Rocky Gap Sandstone - Black, fissile shale; chert; and calcareous sandstone

Lithology: black shale; chert; sandstone

Juniata, Reedsville, Trenton, and Eggleston Formations (Ordovician) at surface, covers 9 % of this area

Juniata, Reedsville, Trenton, and Eggleston Formations - Dusky-red shale and mudstone and sandstone; shale and limestone. Note: one area in southeastern Bland County has landslides with intact stratigraphic units.

Lithology: shale; mudstone; sandstone; limestone