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Geologic Unit: Oglesby
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Oglesby marble member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Cooper, B.N., 1939, Geology of the Draper Mountain area, Virginia: Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 55, 98 p.


Summary:

Named the Oglesby marble member of the Nittany formation for Oglesby School near Pulaski-Wythe Cos. line, southwestern VA. Consists of very fine-grained, pinkish- and bluish-gray, vaughanitic limestone. Thickness at type locality is 90 to 115 feet. Overlies chert, dolomite, and limestone of Nittany. The Oglesby is of Early Ordovician age.

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


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