Reedsville Formation

Olive-gray to dark-gray shale, siltstone, and fine-grained, thin-bedded sandstone having graded bedding; upper sandstone is very fossiliferous; includes Antes Formation (black calcareous shale) at base along Nittany Arch.
State Pennsylvania
Name Reedsville Formation
Geologic age Ordovician
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed)
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)fine-grained, thinbedded sandstone having graded bedding; upper sandstone is very fossiliferous
Incidental
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Calcareous)includes Antes Formation (black calcareous shale) at base along Nittany Arch.
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.

NGMDB product
Counties Bedford - Blair - Centre - Clinton - Franklin - Fulton - Huntingdon - Juniata - Lycoming - Mifflin - Snyder - Union