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  • Usage in publication:
    • Pocatalico Sandstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Windolph, J.F., Jr., 1987, Geologic map of the Big Chimney quadrangle, Kanawha County, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1612, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000


Summary:

Named Pocatalico Sandstone Member of Conemaugh Formation. Composed of coarse to fine grained sandstone, massive to thin bedded. Well rounded quartz pebbles are sparsely scattered in massive part of member. Thickness is 63 ft at type section; ranges from 0 to 90 ft where mapped. Basal part fills channels eroded into underlying grayish red shale sequence. Upper contact is conformable.

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


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