Dorothy limestone and shale, exposed at Dorothy, Raleigh Co., WV, is a new name for dark, shaly, and fossiliferous beds, 1 to 2 ft thick, underlying Upper Gilbert sandstone and lying 5 to 15 ft above Glenalum Tunnel coal. Age is Pennsylvanian.

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Author believes that Dorothy limestone of Krebs is intimately associated with Gilbert shale, instead of correlating with Oceana limestone, as tentatively suggested on p. 164 of Report on Wyoming and McDowell Cos.

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Dorothy Limestone and Shale of Krebs and Teets (1916) is a little-known marine unit below Betsie Shale Member of Kanawha Formation in WV. In Tug Fork area of WV, as well as in KY and VA, strata equivalent to Dorothy were incorrectly identified as Eagle Limestone of White (1891) by Alvord and Miller (1972). This unit, which may be correlative with Oceana Limestone of Hennen and Gawthrop (1915), occurs above Lower War Eagle(?) coal bed. Dorothy has not been mapped but is probably extensive in southern part of WV and central part of Appalachian basin in VA and southeastern KY. Because of lack of data concerning mappability, character, thickness, and distribution, the Dorothy Limestone and Shale of Krebs and Teets (1916) is retained as an informal member of the Kanawha Formation. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian. Report includes correlation charts and columnar sections.

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