State | Ohio |
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Name | Conemaugh Group |
Geologic age | Pennsylvanian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone (Calcareous)black, gray, green, red, and yellow, variegated in part; clayey to silty; locally calcareous; commonly nonbedded.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstonegray, green and red, locally variegated; clayed to sandy; thin bedded to nonbedded.
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Calcareous)black, gray, green and red; clayey to silty; locally contains marine fossils in lower half of unit; calcareous in part.
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed, Calcareous)green-gray weathers to shades of yellow-brown; mostly very fine to medium grained, locally conglomeratic; thin to massive to cross bedded; locally calcareous.
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)limestone: black, gray and green; micritic to coarse grained; thin bedded to concretionary with marine fossils common in lower half of interval; thin to medium bedded, nonmarine limestone common in upper half of unit.
Sedimentary > Coal > Bituminouscoal: thin, bituminous, impure; very locally thick enough for economic development.
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References | Slucher, E.R., (principal compiler), Swinford, E.M., Larsen, G.E., and others, with GIS production and cartography by Powers, D.M., 2006, Bedrock geologic map of Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Map BG-1, version 6.0, scale 1:500,000. |
NGMDB product | |
Counties | Athens - Belmont - Carroll - Columbiana - Coshocton - Gallia - Guernsey - Harrison - Hocking - Holmes - Jackson - Jefferson - Lawrence - Mahoning - Meigs - Monroe - Morgan - Muskingum - Noble - Perry - Stark - Tuscarawas - Vinton - Washington |