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Irish Valley Member of Catskill Formation

Irish Valley Member of Catskill Formation - Nonmarine, grayish-red siltstone and mudstone, and gray and grayish-red sandstone interbedded with minor, thin, light-olive-gray marine siltstone; arranged in fining-upward cycles. Lower part of member has conglomeratic sandstones.
StatePennsylvania
NameIrish Valley Member of Catskill Formation
Geologic ageDevonian
Original map labelDciv
Primary rock typesiltstone
Secondary rock typemudstone
Other rock typessandstone; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mixed-clastic > Conglomerate-sandstone (Bed)Lower part of member has conglomeratic sandstones.
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 coverageBlair - Columbia - Dauphin - Fulton - Huntingdon - Juniata - Lebanon - Luzerne - Montour - Northumberland - Perry - Schuylkill - Snyder - Union

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