State | New Jersey |
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Name | Jacksonburg Limestone |
Geologic age | Middle Ordovician |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Upper part is medium- to dark-gray, laminated to thin-bedded shaly limestone and less abundant medium-gray arenaceous limestone containing quartz-sand lenses. Lower part is interbedded medium- to dark-gray, fine- to medium-grained, very thin to medium-bedded fossiliferous limestone.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)medium- to thick-bedded dolomite-cobble conglomerate having a limestone matrix.
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References | Dalton, R.F., Herman, G.C., Monteverde, D.H., Pristas, R.S., Sugarman, P.J., and Volkert, R.A., 1999, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bedrock Geology and Topographic Base Maps of New Jersey: New Jersey Geological Survey CD Series CD 00-1; ARC/INFO (v. 7.1), scale 1:100,000.Drake, Avery A. Jr.,Volkert, Richard, A., Monteverde, Donald H., Herman, Gregory C., Houghton,Hugh F., Parker, Ronald A., and Dalton, Richard F., 1996, Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellanenous Investigations Map I-2540-A, 4 cross sections, 2 sheets, size 56x40; 58x41, scale 1:100.000.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2540A Kmmel, H.B., 1908, Paleozoic sedimentary rocks of the Franklin Furnace quadrangle, New Jersey: in Spencer, A.C., Kmmel, H.B., Salisbury, R.D., Wolff, J.E., and Palache, Charles, Description of the Franklin Furnace quadrangle, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas Folio 161, p. 10-12.https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gf161 Sweet, W.C., and Bergstrom, S.M., 1986, Conodonts and biostratigraphic correlation: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 14, p. 85-112.Miller, R.L., 1937, Stratigraphy of the Jacksonburg Limestone: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 48, no. 11, p. 1687-1717. |
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Counties | Hunterdon - Sussex - Warren |