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| State | New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Name | Oriskany Group, undivided |
| Geologic age | Lower Devonian |
| Original map label | Do |
| Primary rock type | sandstone |
| Secondary rock type | limestone |
| Other rock types | siltstone; conglomerate; black shale; chert |
| Lithologic constituents | Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Lense)Shriver Chert - local chert-bearing limestone. Glenarie Formation - medium-gray-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, fine-grained, thin- to medium-bedded, fossiliferous, silty limestone. Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Lense)Shriver Chert Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Lense)Shriver Chert - medium- to dark-gray-weathering, black to dark-gray, medium-to-thick-bedded siltstone. Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Lense)Ridgely Sandstone - coarse quartz sandstone, which contain abundant brachiopods; moderately well sorted, sub-rounded sand gains. Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Lense)Ridgely Sandstone - White-weathering, medium-gray, medium- to thick-bedded, carbonate-cemented quartz-pebble conglomerate. Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Lense)Shriver Chert - interbedded black chert and local chert-bearing limestone. Glenarie Formation - local chert lenses. |
| 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. Chadwick, G.H., 1908, Revision of "the New York series": Science, new series, v.28, p. 346-348. |
| Geographic coverage | Sussex |
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