New Oxford Formation (MDTRno;2)

New Oxford Formation

Red, maroon, and gray sandstone, siltstone, and shale; basal conglomerate member: From vicinity of Maryland Rte. 73 and southward, limestone conglomerate with red and gray calcareous matrix; northward, quartz conglomerate with red sandy matrix; estimated total thickness 4,5000 feet.

State	Maryland
Name	New Oxford Formation
Geologic age	Triassic
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone Incidental Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomeratebasal conglomerate is limestone conglomerate to south of Maryland Rte. 73 and quartz conglomerate to north of Maryland Rte. 73
Stratigraphic units	Newark Group
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	NGMDB product page for 16548
Counties	Carroll - Frederick - Montgomery

New Oxford Formation

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/.