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Spechty Kopf Formation

Spechty Kopf Formation - Light- to olive-gray, fine- to medium- grained, crossbedded sandstone, siltstone, and local polymictic diamictite, pebbly mudstone, and laminite; arranged in crude fining-upward cycles in some places; locally has grayish-red shale near top and conglomerate at base and in middle.
StatePennsylvania
NameSpechty Kopf Formation
Geologic ageMississippian and Devonian
Original map labelMDsk
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock typesiltstone
Other rock typesmudstone; shale; conglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)Light- to olive-gray, fine- to medium- grained, crossbedded sandstone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Bed)pebbly mudstone, and laminite; arranged in crude fining-upward cycles in some places
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)local polymictic diamictite; conglomerate at base and in middle
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)locally has grayish-red shale near top
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 - Columbia - Dauphin - Lackawanna - Lebanon - Luzerne - Northumberland - Perry - Schuylkill

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