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Undifferentiated Lower Devonian and Silurian rocks

Undifferentiated Lower Devonian and Silurian rocks - in northern Ulster County: Port Ewen thru Manlius Limestones; Rondout Dolostone; Binnewater Sandstone; High Falls Shale. In Orange County: Kanhouse Sandstone; Woodbury Creek Formation-shale, sandstone; Esopus Shale; Connelly Conglomerate; Central Valley Sandstone; New Scotland Limestone thru Rondout Dolostone; Decker Limestone; Poxono Island Formation-shale, dolostone; Longwood Shale; Green Pond Conglomerate.
StateNew York
NameUndifferentiated Lower Devonian and Silurian rocks
Geologic ageLower Devonian - Silurian
Original map labelDS
Comments400-1000 ft. (120-300 m).
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Other rock typessandstone; shale; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > ShaleHigh Falls Shale, Woodbury Creek Formation-shale, sandstone; Esopus Shale, Poxono Island Formation-shale, dolostone; Longwood Shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > ConglomerateConnelly Conglomerate, Green Pond Conglomerate
Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneBinnewater Sandstone, Kanhouse Sandstone, Woodbury Creek Formation-shale, sandstone; Central Valley Sandstone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > DolostoneRondout Dolostone, Poxono Island Formation-shale, dolostone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestonePort Ewen thru Manlius Limestones; New Scotland Limestone thru Rondout Dolostone; Decker Limestone
Map references
NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey, NYS Museum Technology Center, 1999, 1:250,000 Bedrock geology of NYS, data is distributed in ARC/INFOr EXPORT format (with ".e00" extension) in 5 seperate files based on printed map sheets, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html.
Unit references
D. W. Fisher; Y. W. Isachsen, L. V. Rickard, 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250000.
Geographic coverageOrange - Sullivan - Ulster

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