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- Indian Mills sandstone [member]
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- Named
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Indian Mills sandstone [member] of the Bluefield [formation] for Indian Mills, Summers Co., southeastern WV. Consists of greenish gray, fined-grained, partly massive, partly shaly sandstone; 30 to 100 feet thick. Unit overlies the Indian Mills shale [member] and underlies the Bradshaw shale [member], both part of the Bluefield [formation]. The Indian Mills sandstone [member] is also found in Mercer and Monroe Cos., WV, and Tazewell and Giles Cos., VA. Unit is of Mississippian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Indian Mills Sandstone Member*
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
The Indian Mills Sandstone Member of the Bluefield Formation in southeastern WV and southwestern VA consists of light gray, very fine to fine-grained, ripple-bedded sandstone. Thickness is 5 to 80 ft. Unit lies within the middle part of Bluefield Formation. The Indian Mills is of Late Mississippian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Indian Mills Sandstone Member
- Modifications:
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Indian Mills Sandstone Member of Bluefield Formation is present 150 ft above the Glenray Limestone Member and varies between 5 and 80 ft in thickness. The sandstone is light gray to light greenish gray, very fine to fine-grained, quartzose to arkosic, and thin to thick bedded. Overlies unnamed fossiliferous light-greenish-gray shale and limestone and grayish-red to greenish-gray, fine-grained sandstone overlying the Glenray. Underlies unnamed fossiliferous light-greenish-gray shale and limestone and grayish-red to greenish-gray fine-grained sandstone below the Stony Gap Sandstone Member of the Hinton Formation. Age is Late Mississippian (Chesterian).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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