State | West Virginia |
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Name | Stonehenge Limestone |
Geologic age | Ordovician |
Lithologic constituents |
Major
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)gray, thin-bedded to massive, fossiliferous limestone, largely mechanically deposited
Minor
Sedimentary > Chemical > Chertwith small black chert nodules
Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)beds of ""edgewise"" conglomerate
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Comments | Thickness: Northeastern - Stonehenge 800 ft, Northeastern - Stoufferstown 200 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 | |
Counties | Berkeley - Jefferson |