Usage:
Connellsville Sandstone Member of Conemaugh Formation (MD*,OH,PA*,WV)
Connellsville Sandstone Member of Casselman Formation (WV)
/Connellsville Red-Bed Member of Conemaugh Formation (OH,PA,WV)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not stated. Well exposed in town of Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA. Also caps hills in Ligonier Valley, southwestern PA (Platt, 1876).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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