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Newark Supergroup, Dan River Group; Cow Branch Formation

Cow Branch Formation - mudstone with minor sandstone, gray, laterally-continuous bedding. Intertongues with Stoneville and Pine Hall formations.
StateNorth Carolina
NameNewark Supergroup, Dan River Group; Cow Branch Formation
Geologic ageTriassic
Original map labelTRdc
Primary rock typemudstone
Secondary rock typesandstone
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)mudstone with minor sandstone, gray, laterally-continuous bedding.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)mudstone with minor sandstone, gray, laterally-continuous bedding.
Map references
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Unit references
Rhodes, Thomas S., and Conrad, Stephen G., 1985, Geologic Map of North Carolina: Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Land Resources, and the NC Geological Survey, 1:500,000-scale, compiled by Brown, Philip M., et al, and Parker, John M. III, and in association with the State Geologic Map Advisory Committee.
The North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources, NC Geological Survey, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, 1998, Geology - North Carolina (1:250,000), coverage data file geol250. The data represents the digital equivalent of the official State Geology map (1:500,000 scale), but was digitized from (1:250,000 scale) base maps.
Geographic coverageRockingham - Stokes

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