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  • Usage in publication:
    • Parkhead sandstone member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Stose, G.W., and Swartz, C.K., 1912, Description of the Pawpaw and Hancock quadrangles [Maryland-West Virginia-Pennsylvania]: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States Folio, Pawpaw-Hancock folio, no. 179, 24 p.


Summary:

Name Parkhead sandstone member of Jennings formation introduced for fine quartz conglomerate and gray and red sandstone interbedded with buff shale exposed at Parkhead Station, Washington Co., MD. Unit is well exposed at Hancock, 7 mi west of Parkhead Station. Thickness ranges 400 to 800 ft. Occurs in middle of Jennings and is mapped in MD, WV, and PA. Contains Portage fossils. Age is Late Devonian.

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


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

Willard, Bradford, and Cleaves, A.B., 1938, A Paleozoic section in south-central Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey General Geology Report, 4th series, no. 8, 38 p.


Summary:

In south-central PA, unit is referred to as Parkhead sandstone of Portage group. Occurs at top of group, above Trimmers Rock sandstone.

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


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

Cloos, Ernst, 1951, The physical features of Washington County [Maryland]: Maryland Geological Survey County Report, no. 14, p. 41-43.


Summary:

In report area, consists of shale interbedded with massive conglomeratic sandstone. Commonly contains three conglomerate horizons in east--at base, in middle, and near top. Lower sandstone is highly fossiliferous, and upper one is very massive near Parkhead. Toward the west, sandstones grade laterally into shales that can scarcely be distinguished from overlying Woodmont shale. Underlies Chemung sandstone.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Parkhead
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

de Witt, Wallace, Jr., and Colton, G.W., 1964, Bedrock geology of the Evitts Creek and Pattersons Creek quadrangles, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1173, 2 sheets, 90 p., (incl. geologic maps, scale 1:24,000)


Summary:

600 ft of strata formerly included in the Parkhead Sandstone Member are included in the Woodmont Shale in this area. Parkhead not used.

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


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