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Trenton Group and Black River Group, undivided

Trenton Group and Black River Group, undivided - Trenton Group: dark, crystalline, nodular, and argillaceous limestones, with some metabentonite streaks. Includes the Nealmont, Oranda, Edinburg, and the upper part of the Chambersburg Limestones of northeastern West Virginia; also the Moccasin and Eggleston Formation of Mercer and Monroe Counties. Black River Group: predominantly gray aphanitic limestones, with many bioclastic streaks; siliceous in the lower part.
StateWest Virginia
NameTrenton Group and Black River Group, undivided
Geologic ageOrdovician
Original map labelOtbr
CommentsPrinted map has no indiviual description for this unit and no name, but has individual symbol and color. Only uses brackets to combine Ot and Obr. Otbr is used in digital map, so combined Ot and Obr together and called this the "Trenton Group and Black River Group, undivided". Combined thickness: Northeastern 470-1010 ft, Western 890 ft, Southeastern 665 ft.
Primary rock typelimestone
Secondary rock typebentonite
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneTrenton Group: dark, crystalline, nodular, and argillaceous limestones. Black River Group: predominantly gray aphanitic limestones, with many bioclastic streaks; siliceous in the lower part.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Claystone > BentoniteTrenton Group: with some metabentonite streaks
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 - Mercer - Monroe

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