Skaneateles Formation (NYDhsk;5)

State	New York
Name	Skaneateles Formation
Geologic age	Middle Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone
Comments	part of Hamilton Group 600-1500 ft. (180-460 m). Secondary unit descriptions from USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046) and reference NY015: Skaneateles Shale of Hamilton Group extended from southwestern NY, western PA, and eastern OH into the subsurface of northern WV and far western MD (Garrett Co.). Unit consists mostly of dark- to medium-gray fossiliferous shale and mudrock. Contains a black shale facies that resembles the Marcellus Shale. Includes the Stafford Limestone Member at its base. The Stafford is thin but extensive and can be traced in the subsurface as far southwest as north-central WV and southeastern OH. The Skaneateles loses its identity to the west where the Hamilton is undivided. Grades into the Plum Brook Shale of northern OH or the lower part of the Olentangy Shale (deWitt and others, 1993). Stafford Limestone Member of Skaneateles Shale extended from southwestern NY into western PA and into the subsurface in eastern OH, northern WV, and far western MD (Garrett Co.). Marks the base of the Skaneateles and clearly separates it from the underlying Marcellus (de Witt and others, 1993).
References	Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250,000. de Witt, Wallace, Jr., Roen, J.B. and Wallace, L.G., 1993, Stratigraphy of Devonian black shales and associated rocks in the Appalachian basin, IN Roen, J.B., and Kepferle, R.C., eds., Petroleum geology of the Devonian and Mississippian black shale of eastern North America: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1909-B, p. B1-B57. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1909 USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/ https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search
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Counties	Cayuga - Chenango - Madison - Oneida - Onondaga - Seneca

State

New York

Name

Skaneateles Formation

Geologic age

Middle Devonian

Lithologic constituents

Major

Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale

Minor

Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone

Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale

Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone

Comments

part of Hamilton Group 600-1500 ft. (180-460 m). Secondary unit descriptions from USGS Lexicon website (ref. NY046) and reference NY015: Skaneateles Shale of Hamilton Group extended from southwestern NY, western PA, and eastern OH into the subsurface of northern WV and far western MD (Garrett Co.). Unit consists mostly of dark- to medium-gray fossiliferous shale and mudrock. Contains a black shale facies that resembles the Marcellus Shale. Includes the Stafford Limestone Member at its base. The Stafford is thin but extensive and can be traced in the subsurface as far southwest as north-central WV and southeastern OH. The Skaneateles loses its identity to the west where the Hamilton is undivided. Grades into the Plum Brook Shale of northern OH or the lower part of the Olentangy Shale (deWitt and others, 1993). Stafford Limestone Member of Skaneateles Shale extended from southwestern NY into western PA and into the subsurface in eastern OH, northern WV, and far western MD (Garrett Co.). Marks the base of the Skaneateles and clearly separates it from the underlying Marcellus (de Witt and others, 1993).

References

Fisher, D.W., Isachsen, Y.W., and Rickard, L.V., 1970, Geologic Map of New York State, consisting of 5 sheets: Niagara, Finger Lakes, Hudson-Mohawk, Adirondack, and Lower Hudson, New York State Museum and Science Service, Map and Chart Series No. 15, scale 1:250,000.

de Witt, Wallace, Jr., Roen, J.B. and Wallace, L.G., 1993, Stratigraphy of Devonian black shales and associated rocks in the Appalachian basin, IN Roen, J.B., and Kepferle, R.C., eds., Petroleum geology of the Devonian and Mississippian black shale of eastern North America: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1909-B, p. B1-B57.

https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1909

USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search

NGMDB product

NGMDB product page for 98670

Counties

Cayuga - Chenango - Madison - Oneida - Onondaga - Seneca