Usage:
Clarksburg limestone (informal) of Conemaugh Group (OH,WV)
upper and lower Clarksburg limestones (informal) (MD,PA)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along bed of Elk and West Fork Rivers, vicinity of Clarksburg, Harrisonburg Co., WV (White, 1891).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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