Monmouth Formation

Dark gray to reddish-brown, micaceous, glauconitic, argillaceous, fine- to coarse-grained sand; basal gravel in Prince Georges County; thickness 0 to 100 feet.
State Maryland
Name Monmouth Formation
Geologic age Cretaceous
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > SandDark gray to reddish-brown, micaceous, glauconitic, argillaceous, fine- to coarse-grained sand;
Minor
Unconsolidated > Coarse-detrital > Gravelbasal gravel in Prince Georges County
References

Cleaves, E.T., Edwards, J., Jr., and Glaser, J.D., 1968, Geologic Map of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, scale 1:250,000.

In 1995 the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey digitized the geologic map of Maryland from the 1968 paper map (Reference MD001). Information about products from the Maryland Geological Survey can be found at http://www.mgs.md.gov/.

NGMDB product
Counties Anne Arundel - Cecil - Kent - Prince George's