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| State | New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Name | Buttermilk Falls Limestone and Onondaga Limestones, undivided |
| Geologic age | Middle Devonian |
| Original map label | Db |
| Primary rock type | limestone |
| Secondary rock type | chert |
| Other rock types | |
| Lithologic constituents | Major
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)Buttermilk Falls Limestone - .nodular black chert. Onondaga Limestone - Black chert more abundant in upper half of unit. Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Buttermilk Falls Limestone - Light- to medium-light-gray-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, thin- to medium-bedded, fossiliferous, flaggy, clayey to silty limestone. Onondaga Limestone - Light-medium-gray- weathering, medium gray, fine-grained, thin- to thick-bedded fossiliferous limestone. |
| Map references | Dalton, R. F., Herman, G. C., Monteverde, D. H., Pristas, R. S., Sugarman, P. J., Volkert, R. A., 1999, New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1) export file: geology.e00, scale 1:100,000, unit description files: cslegend.pdf and nlegend.pdf, metadata: metast.pdf. |
| Unit references | Dalton, R. F., Herman, G. C., Monteverde, D. H., Pristas, R. S., Sugarman, P. J., Volkert, R. A., 1999, New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1) export file: geology.e00, scale 1:100,000, unit description files: cslegend.pdf and nlegend.pdf, metadata: metast.pdf. Drake, Avery A. Jr.,Volkert, Richard, A., Monteverde, Donald H., Herman, Gregory C., Houghton,Hugh F., Parker, Ronald A., and Dalton, Richard F., 1996, Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellanenous Investigations Map I-2540-A, scale 1 to 100,000, 4 cross sections, 2 sheets, size 56x40; 58x41. Willard, Bradford, 1938, A Paleozoic section at Delaware Water Gap: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th series, Bulletin G-11, 35 p. Vanuxem, Lardner, 1840, Fourth annual report of the geological survey of the third district: New York Geological Survey Annual Report 4, p. 355-383. |
| Geographic coverage | Sussex |
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