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Tuscarora Sandstone

Tuscarora Sandstone - medium- to thick-bedded, white to gray or pinkish sandstone, fine to coarse, quartzitic, ridge-forming. Equivalent to the Clinch Sandstone of Tennessee.
StateWest Virginia
NameTuscarora Sandstone
Geologic ageSilurian
Original map labelSt
CommentsThickness: Northeastern 100-310 ft, Western 130 ft, Southeastern 220 ft.
Primary rock typesandstone
Secondary rock type
Other rock types
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)medium- to thick-bedded, white to gray or pinkish sandstone, fine to coarse, quartzitic, ridge-forming. Equivalent to the Clinch Sandstone of Tennessee.
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 - Grant - Greenbrier - Hampshire - Hardy - Mercer - Mineral - Monroe - Morgan - Pendleton - Pocahontas

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