Magothy Formation (MDKm;5)

Magothy Formation - Loose, white, cross-bedded, "sugary", lignitic sands and dark gray, laminated silty clays; white to orange-brown, iron-stained, subrounded quartzose gravels in western Anne Arundel County; absent in outcrop southwest of Patuxent River; thickness 0 to 60 feet.

State	Maryland
Name	Magothy Formation
Geologic age	Cretaceous
Original map label	Km
Primary rock type	sand
Secondary rock type	clay or mud
Other rock types	gravel
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandLoose, white, cross-bedded, "sugary", lignitic sands Minor Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Claydark gray, laminated silty clays Incidental Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravelwhite to orange-brown, iron-stained, subrounded quartzose gravels in western Anne Arundel County
Map references	Cleaves, E.T., Edwards, J., Jr., Glaser, J.D., 1968, Geologic Map of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, scale 1:250,000.
Unit references	Cleaves, E.T., Edwards, J., Jr., Glaser, J.D., 1968, Geologic Map of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, scale 1:250,000. Unpublished digital version of the Maryland state geologic map that was digitized by the USGS Water Resources Office in Towson, MD
Geographic coverage	Anne Arundel - Cecil - Kent