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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bloomfield limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Stout, Wilber, 1918, Geology of Muskingum County: Ohio Division of Geological Survey Bulletin, 4th series, no. 21, 351 p.


Summary:

Bloomfield limestone, exposed west of Bloomfield, OH, is described as nodular, hard, dense, non-fossiliferous light-gray fresh-water limestone, in places stained with iron oxide. Thickness ranges 0 to 2.5 feet. Lies 3 feet 9 inches below Anderson coal and 8 feet 8 inches above Cambridge limestone in area of report.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bloomfield limestone member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • 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:

Bloomfield limestone is treated as member of Anderson cyclothem (new) of Conemaugh series. Underlies Anderson clay member; overlies Bakerstown shale and (or) sandstone member. According to Waage (1950: MD Dept. Geology, Mines and Water Resources Bull. 9), Hennen and Reger (1914) named an equivalent limestone in Preston Co., WV, the Albright limestone. Thus, Albright has precedence over Bloomfield. Recommended that Albright replace Bloomfield if and when positive correlation is determined.

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


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