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Buttermilk Falls Limestone through Esopus Formation, undivided

Buttermilk Falls Limestone through Esopus Formation, undivided - In descending order: Buttermilk Falls Limestone--gray fossiliferous limestone and black chert; Palmerton Sandstone--massive white siliceous sandstone; Schoharie Formation--gray calcareous, argillaceous siltstone; Esopus Formation--gray silty shale and sandy siltstone.
StatePennsylvania
NameButtermilk Falls Limestone through Esopus Formation, undivided
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDbe
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typesiltstone
Other rock typessandstone; shale; chert
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Buttermilk Falls Limestone--gray fossiliferous limestone and black chert
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Esopus Formation--gray silty shale
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Calcareous)Schoharie Formation--gray calcareous, argillaceous siltstone; Esopus Formation--gray silty shale and sandy siltstone.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)Palmerton Sandstone--massive white siliceous sandstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chert (Bed)Buttermilk Falls Limestone--gray fossiliferous limestone and black chert
Map references
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map. Retrieved from internet 9-30-2004; <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx> DL Data: pageoexp.zip
Unit references
Berg, T. M., Edmunds, W. E., Geyer, A. R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map. Retrieved from internet 9-30-2004; <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx> DL Data: pageoexp.zip
Geographic coverageCarbon - Monroe - Pike

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