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Stonehenge Limestone

Stonehenge Limestone - gray, thin-bedded to massive, fossiliferous limestone, largely mechanically deposited, with small black chert nodules and beds of "edgewise" conglomerate. The highly resistant Stoufferstown Limestone member is found at the base.
StateWest Virginia
NameStonehenge Limestone
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelObs
CommentsThickness: Northeastern - Stonehenge 800 ft, Northeastern - Stoufferstown 200 ft.
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typechert
Other rock typesconglomerate
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)gray, thin-bedded to massive, fossiliferous limestone, largely mechanically deposited
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomeratebeds of "edgewise" conglomerate
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chertwith small black chert nodules
Map references
Digital version of 1968 printed map available from http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/data.php with the specific data available from http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=43
Unit references
Cardwell, D.H., Erwin, R.B., and Woodward, H.P., 1968 (slightly revised 1986), Geologic Map of West Virginia: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Map 1, East Sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Geographic coverageBerkeley - Jefferson

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