Chemung Group (WVDch;0)

Chemung Group

Gray to brown siltstone and sandstone with shale and conglomeratic interbeds; mainly marine and sparingly fossiliferous; boundaries gradational. Can be divided into the Voreknobs and Scherr Formations along the Allegheny Front. Parkhead Sandstone Member near base.

State	West Virginia
Name	Chemung Group
Geologic age	Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed) Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed) Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)
Comments	Thickness: Northeastern 2115-3000 ft, Western 1665 ft, Southeasten 500-1600 ft
References	Cardwell, D.H., Erwin, R.B., and Woodward, H.P., 1968 (slightly revised 1986), Geologic Map of West Virginia: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Map 1, East Sheet, scale 1:250,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 13205
Counties	Barbour - Berkeley - Grant - Greenbrier - Hampshire - Hardy - Mineral - Monroe - Morgan - Pendleton - Pocahontas - Preston - Randolph - Tucker

Chemung Group

Cardwell, D.H., Erwin, R.B., and Woodward, H.P., 1968 (slightly revised 1986), Geologic Map of West Virginia: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Map 1, East Sheet, scale 1:250,000.