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  • Usage in publication:
    • Barboursville Conglomerate Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Lindholm, R.C., 1979, Geologic history and stratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic Culpeper basin, Virginia: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 90, no. 11, pts. 1-2, p. 995-997 (summary), 1702-1736 (microfiche).


Summary:

Isolated masses of silicate and quartzose-feldspathic clasts in a grayish-maroon matrix, exposed throughout the area south of Barboursville and the Robinson River, are here named the Barboursville Conglomerate Member of the Bull Run Formation. Maximum thickness is 450 feet (150 m). Age is Late Triassic.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Barboursville Conglomerate Member†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

Lee, K.Y., and Froelich, A.J., 1989, Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphy of the Culpeper and Barboursville basins, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1472, 52 p.


Summary:

The Barboursville Conglomerate Member of the Bull Run Formation is here abandoned. It is separated into two distinct units, the Rapidan Member of the Manassas Sandstone and the Haudricks Mountain Member of the Tibbstown Formation.

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


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