State | Pennsylvania |
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Name | Keyser and Tonoloway Formations, undivided |
Geologic age | Devonian and Silurian |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)Keyser Formation--medium-gray, crystalline to nodular, fossiliferous limestone; upper part laminated and mud cracked; not present east of Harrisburg; passes into lower Coeymans, Rondout, and Decker Formations in the east. Tonoloway Formation--medium-gray, laminated, mud-cracked limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)Tonoloway Formation--containing some medium-dark- or olive-gray shale interbeds
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References | Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000. |
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Counties | Bedford - Blair - Clinton - Columbia - Franklin - Fulton - Huntingdon - Juniata - Luzerne - Lycoming - Mifflin - Montour - Northumberland - Perry - Snyder - Union |