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Potomac Formation

Potomac Formation - Variegated silts and clays with beds of quartz sand.
StateDelaware
NamePotomac Formation
Geologic ageCretaceous
Original map labelKp
CommentsLower Cretaceous, may be overlain locally by the Pleistocene Columbia Formation
Primary rock typesilt
Secondary rock typeclay or mud
Other rock typessand
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand
Map references
Spoljaric, Nenad and Jordan, Robert R., 1966, Generalized Geologic Map of Delaware, State of Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey, scale ca. 1:300,000.
Unit references
Spoljaric, Nenad and Jordan, Robert R., 1966, Generalized Geologic Map of Delaware, State of Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey, scale ca. 1:300,000.
Geographic coverageNew Castle

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