Conasauga Shale (VACAc;0)

Conasauga Shale

Conasauga Shale (Hayes, 1891). Shale, sericitic to micaceous, dark-greenish-gray, with local zones of red shale; thin interbeds of limestone, and thin-bedded, fine-grained sandstone. The lower contact with the Rome Formation is not exposed in Lee County. The Conasauga Shale is approximately 560 feet thick in western Lee County (Miller and Fuller, 1954).

State	Virginia
Name	Conasauga Shale
Geologic age	Cambrian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > ShaleShale with minor limestone and sandstone Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > SandstoneShale with minor limestone and sandstone Sedimentary > Carbonate > LimestoneShale with minor limestone and sandstone
Comments	Appalachian Plateaus and Valley and Ridge
References	Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 34878
Counties	Lee

Conasauga Shale

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 1993, Geologic Map of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, scale 1:500,000.

Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, 2003, Digital Representation of the 1993 Geologic Map of Virginia, Publication 174, CD ROM (ISO-9660) contains image file, expanded explanation in pdf, and ESRI shapefiles, scale 1:500,000.