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  • Usage in publication:
    • Hillsdale limestone [member]
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Chert
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Reger, D.B., and Price, P.H., 1926, Mercer, Monroe, and Summers Counties [West Virginia, with sections on paleobotany and paleontology by D.B. Reger, David White, G.H. Girty, and W.P. Prouty]: West Virginia Geological Survey [County Reports and Maps], [CGR-15], 963 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Named the Hillsdale limestone [member] of the Greenbrier limestone in southeastern WV and southwestern VA for Hillsdale, Monroe Co., WV. Consists of blue, hard limestone with marine fossils and black nodular chert. Basal part contains streaks of sandy shale and upper part is massive. Thickness is 50 to 150 feet. Overlies the Maccrady formation and underlies the Sinks Grove limestone [member] of the Greenbrier limestone. Unit is lowest member of Greenbrier. It was observed in Greenbrier and Mercer Cos. WV, and northward to Marlinton, Pocahontas Co., WV; also in Giles Co. The Hillsdale is of Mississippian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Hillsdale Limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Cardwell, D.H., Erwin, R.B., and Woodward, H.P., 1968, Geologic Map of West Virginia: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Revised the Hillsdale to the Hillsdale Limestone of the Greenbrier Group in WV. On correlation chart it overlies the Maccrady Formation and underlies the Denmar Formation of the Greenbrier Group.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Hillsdale Member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Nolde, J.E., 1994, Devonian to Pennsylvanian stratigraphy and coal beds of the Appalachian plateaus province, IN Geology and mineral resources of the southwest Virginia coalfield: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication, no. 131, p. 1-85.


Summary:

In this report, Greenbrier Limestone divided into (ascending) Little Valley Limestone Member, St. Louis Limestone Member (Hillsdale Member of Reger, 1926), the "St. Genevieve" Limestone Member, and the Gasper Limestone Member. The St. Louis (or Hillsdale) consists of dark-gray to grayish-black cherty limestone. The chert is black, pale red, or gray and occurs as stringers or nodules. Contains fossils considered to be diagnostic of the Meramecian St. Louis Limestone of MO.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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