Usage:
[/] Gilmore Limestone (unranked) in Greene Formation of Dunkard Group (WV)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Gilmore Sandstone by Stevenson (1876) in PA.]
Geologic age:
Controversial.
No older than Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) and no younger than early Permian (Wolfcampian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality not stated (Hennen, 1909).
[Probably named from association with Gilmore coal in Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Cos., northern WV.]
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin (Eastern Overthrust area)
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