Usage:
New River Formation (VA*,WV*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Council Sandstone Member (VA*), Dismal Sandstone Member (VA*,WV*), McClure Sandstone Member (VA*,WV*), Pineville Sandstone Member (VA*,WV*), Raleigh Sandstone Member (WV*).
. . Quinnimont Shale Member (WV*). . . .
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Exposures along New River, south-central WV (Fontaine, 1874).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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