Upland Deposits (Western Shore) (MDQTu;5)

Upland Deposits (Western Shore) - Gravel and sand, commonly orange-brown, locally limonite-cemented; minor silt and red, white, or gray clay; (includes Brandywine, Bryn Mawr, and Sunderland Formations of earlier reports); lower gravel member and upper loam member in Southern Maryland; thickness 0 to 50 feet.

State	Maryland
Name	Upland Deposits (Western Shore)
Geologic age	Quaternary
Original map label	QTu
Primary rock type	gravel
Secondary rock type	sand
Other rock types	silt; clay or mud
Lithologic constituents	Major Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Sand Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravel Minor Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Clay Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt
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 Unpublished digital version of the Maryland state geologic map that was digitized by the USGS Water Resources Office in Towson, MD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 - Baltimore - Calvert - Cecil - Charles - Harford - Prince George's - Saint Mary's - Baltimore