Massanutten Sandstone

Massanutten Sandstone (Geiger and Keith, 1891).Quartzite and sandstone, very-light-gray, fine-grained, well-sorted, locally conglomeratic, thick-bedded and crossbedded, very resistant with minor shale partings in upper part. Thickness ranges from 600 to nearly 1200 feet. Present only in the Massanutten Mountains, the sandstone unconformably overlies the Martinsburg Formation and is a lateral equivalent to the Tuscarora, and Rose Hill Formations, and Keefer Sandstone (Perry, 1977).
State Virginia
Name Massanutten Sandstone
Geologic age Silurian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metaclastic > Quartzite
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone > Arenite
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate
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.

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