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  • Usage in publication:
    • Albright limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hennen, R.V., and Reger, D.B., 1914, Preston County [West Virginia, with sections on soils by W.J. Latimer and paleontology by W.A. Price]: West Virginia Geological Survey [County Reports and Maps], [CGR-24], 566 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Pg. 140. Albright limestone. Dark gray limestone 2 feet thick. Underlies Bakerstown (Barton[?]) coal and rests on 5 to 20 feet of fire clay shale that overlies Pine Creek limestone. [Age is Pennyslvanian.]
Occurs at Albright, Preston Co., northeastern WV.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 27).


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

Wilmarth, M.G., 1925, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1925) on Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the Appalachians], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

Albright limestone (in Conemaugh formation). Recognized in northeastern West Virginia and western Maryland. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Maryland Geol. Survey (C.K. Swartz, v. 11, 1922) applied Albright limestone in Maryland to a younger limestone, underlying the fire clay beneath "Upper Bakerstown (Maynardier) coal," and lying a short distance above "Lower Bakerstown (Thomas) coal."
[See also "Tentative correlation of the named geologic units of Maryland," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Apr. 1, 1929, sheet 1 of 2 (Pennsylvanian-Quaternary).]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 27); GNC MD Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Apr. 1, 1929.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Albright limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Sturgeon, M.T., Smith, G.E., and Flint, A.E., 1958, The geology and mineral resources of Athens County, Ohio: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 57, 600 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500, compiled by G.E. Smith and others)


Summary:

Pg. 120. Bloomfield limestone member of the Conemaugh was named by Stout (1918) in Muskingum County, Ohio. According to Waage (1950, Maryland Dept. Geol. Mines Water Res. Bull., no. 9), Hennen and Reger (1914) named an equivalent limestone in Preston County, West Virginia, the Albright. Thus, Albright has precedence over Bloomfield. Recommended that term Albright replace term Bloomfield if and when positive correlation is determined. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 43).


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