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Geologic Unit: Eckman
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Eckman sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hennen, R.V., and Gawthrop, R.M., 1915, Wyoming and McDowell Counties [West Virginia]: West Virginia Geological Survey [County Reports and Maps], [CGR-30], 783 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Eckman sandstone in Pottsville group is massive to current-bedded, medium-grained, and buff to bluish gray in color. Thickness ranges from 17 to 106 ft. Lies 0 to 5 ft below Pocahontas No. 6 coal and overlies Pocahontas No. 5 coal or Pocahontas No. 4 coal. Exposed at Eckman, McDowell Co., WV. Age is Pennsylvanian.

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


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

Price, P.H., and Heck, E.T., 1939, Greenbrier County [West Virginia, with a section on paleontology by J.L. Tilton and Dana Wells]: West Virginia Geological Survey [County Reports and Maps], [CGR-7], 846 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)


Summary:

Eckman sandstone included in Pocahontas group, Pottsville series. In Greenbrier Co. is lenticular brown to gray sandstone. Thickness 20 to 40 ft.

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


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

Rice, C.L., Hiett, J.K., and Koozmin, E.D., 1994, Glossary of Pennsylvanian stratigraphic names, central Appalachian basin, IN Rice, C.L., ed., Elements of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, central Appalachian basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 294, p. 115-155.


Summary:

Eckman sandstone is unranked unit in Pocahontas Formation above No. 5 Pocahontas coal and below No. 6 Pocahontas coal in WV and VA.

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


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