| State | Maryland |
|---|---|
| Name | Cockeysville Marble |
| Geologic age | Late Precambrian (?) |
| Lithologic constituents |
Major
Metamorphic > Metasedimentary > Metacarbonate > Marble
Minor
Metamorphic > Schist > Calc-silicate-schistcalc-schist
Incidental
Metamorphic > Gneiss > Calc-silicate-gneisscalc-gneiss
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| Comments | secondary unit description from USGS Geologic Names lexicon (ref MD004): Author has erected a six-fold stratigraphy for the Cockeysville consisting of five unnamed members and one lens to accommodate the variety of rock types. These are the layered marble member (0 to 200 m), the massive metadolostone member (0 to 400 m), the layered metadolostone member (0 to 1.4 km), the massive metalimestone member (0 to 450 m), which includes the calc-gneiss lens (0 to 225 m), and the phlogopitic metalimestone member (0 to 300 m). Each member is described in detail. Thickness of the Cockeysville overall varies from 0 to 1.4 km, the range of the layered metadolostone. The relative ages of these units are uncertain. Unit as a whole is mapped as Cambrian to Ordovician(?). |
| Stratigraphic units | Glenarm Series |
| References | Cleaves, E.T., Edwards, J., Jr., and Glaser, J.D., 1968, Geologic Map of Maryland: Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland, scale 1:250,000.In 1995 the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey digitized the geologic map of Maryland from the 1968 paper map (Reference MD001). Information about products from the Maryland Geological Survey can be found at http://www.mgs.md.gov/.USGS Geologic Names lexicon found at: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/search |
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| Counties | Baltimore - Carroll - Harford - Howard |