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Geologic units in Wise county, Virginia

[Additional scientific data in this geographic area]

Nolichucky and Honaker Formations (Cambrian) at surface, covers 0.2 % of this area

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

Lithology: shale; dolostone (dolomite); chert

Chattanooga Shale and Wildcat Valley Sandstone (Devonian-Mississippian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

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

Lithology: black shale; siltstone; sandstone

Wise Formation and Gladeville Sandstone (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.6 % of this area

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

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal; arenite

Pennington Group (Mississippian) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area

Pennington Group - Shale, sandstone, dusky-red mudstone, conglomerate, siltstone, and limestone.

Lithology: shale; sandstone; mudstone; conglomerate; siltstone; limestone

Hancock, Rose Hill, and Clinch Formations (Silurian) at surface, covers 3 % of this area

Hancock, Rose Hill, and Clinch Formations - Limestone and dolomite; dusky-red and green shale and sandstone; and sandstone, shale and conglomerate.

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

Harlan Sandstone (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 2 % of this area

Harlan Sandstone - Sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal.

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal

Sequatchie Formation, Reedsville Shale, Trenton Limestone, Eggleston Formation (Ordovician) at surface, covers 0.5 % of this area

Sequatchie Formation, Reedsville Shale, Trenton Limestone, Eggleston Formation - Shale, siltstone, limestone, and sandstone.

Lithology: shale; siltstone; limestone; sandstone

Norton Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 26 % of this area

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

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; coal

Breathitt Formation, lower part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers < 0.1 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, lower part; lower part which includes Livingston Conglomerate Member of Lee Formation in eastern Rockcastle County

Lithology: shale; siltstone; sandstone; coal; conglomerate

Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 14 % of this area

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

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

Mississippian Formations Undivided (Mississippian) at surface, covers 7 % 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

Breathitt Formation, middle part (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Breathitt Formation, middle part

Lithology: sandstone; shale; siltstone; coal; limestone

Wise Formation (Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 44 % of this area

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

Lithology: sandstone; siltstone; shale; coal

Pennington Formation, Newman Limestone, Fort Payne Chert, Grainger Formation, Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Bedford Shale, undivided; Pennington Formation locally includes sandstone tongue of Lee Formation (Devonian to Pennsylvanian) at surface, covers 0.1 % of this area

Pennington Formation, Newman Limestone, Fort Payne Chert, Grainger Formation, Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Bedford Shale, undivided; Pennington Formation locally includes sandstone tongue of Lee Formation

Lithology: limestone; sandstone; siltstone; shale; conglomerate; chert; dolostone (dolomite); black shale