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Geologic Unit: Quinnimont
Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Quinnimont shale*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Campbell, M.R., 1896, Pocahontas folio, Virginia-West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States Folio, GF-26, 5 p., scale 1:125,000


Summary:

Quinnimont shale [of Pottsville group]. Shale with thin beds of sandstone and a few coal seams called the Horsepen group. Quinnimont coal is basal bed. Underlies Raleigh sandstone and overlies Clark formation. Thickness 300 feet. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]
Named from exposures at Quinnimont, Fayette Co., southern WV. Extends into southwestern VA.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1761).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Quinnimont shale*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Campbell, M.R., 1902, Raleigh folio, West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas of the United States Folio, GF-77, 8 p., scale 1:125,000


Summary:

Quinnimont shale of Pottsville group. Sandy shale, 180 to 225 feet thick. Includes Beckley coal at top and Quinnimont coal at base. Underlies Raleigh sandstone and overlies Thurmond formation (=Clark and Pocahontas formations of Pocahontas folio). Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1761).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Quinnimont shale
  • 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:

Pg. 216, 238. Quinnimont shale of New River group. Dark-gray siliceous to argillaceous laminated lenticular
sandstone 5 to 40 feet thick. Underlies Quinnimont sandstone; overlies Fire Creek coal [= †Quinnimont coal group]. Age is Early Pennsylvanian (Pottsville).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3181-3182).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Quinnimont shale member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Keroher, G.C., 1960, [Selected U.S. Geologic Names Committee remarks, ca. 1960], IN Keroher, G.C., 1966, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1200, pts. 1-3, 4341 p.


Summary:

Quinnimont shale member of New River formation. The USGS currently [ca. 1960] classifies the Quinnimont shale as a member of New River formation on basis of study now in progress [see USGS Prof. Paper 454-K, 1964]. Age is Early Pennsylvanian. Recognized in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3181-3182).


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