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  • Usage in publication:
    • Stafford limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Clarke, J.M., 1894, The succession of fossil faunas in the section of the Livonia salt shaft, IN Report of the State Geologist for the year 1893: New York State Museum Annual Report, no. 47, p. 325-352., Ann. Rpt. Board of Regents, Univ. New York. Also issued in 13th Ann. Rpt. of State Geol., New York Senate Doc., no. 88, p. 131-158. Available online


Summary:

At 823 feet depth in Livonia salt shaft, at Livonia, Livingston Co., NY, occurs 2 feet of compact grayish or chocolate-colored limestone, somewhat bituminous, shaly at top, which is given the name Stafford limestone from its excellent development at Stafford, Genesee Co., NY. Hamilton fossils are very abundant. This unit persists from Livonia eastward probably not less than 50 miles. In the shaft section, as at all its observed outcrops, it bears a Hamilton fauna with a few Marcellus species. The Stafford overlies 28 feet of compact black, very bituminous but not heavy-bedded shales.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Stafford Limestone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

de Witt, Wallace, Jr., Roen, J.B., and Wallace, L.G., 1993, Stratigraphy of Devonian black shales and associated rocks in the Appalachian basin, IN Roen, J.B., and Kepferle, R.C., eds., Petroleum geology of the Devonian and Mississippian black shale of eastern North America: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1909-B, p. B1-B57.


Summary:

Stafford Limestone Member of Skaneateles Shale extended from southwestern NY into western PA and into the subsurface in eastern OH, northern WV, and far western MD (Garrett Co.). Marks the base of the Skaneateles and clearly separates it from the underlying Marcellus.

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


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