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Cockeysville Marble

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Williams, G.H., and Darton, N.H., 1892, Geologic map of Baltimore and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey, Map to accompany "Guide to Baltimore".
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Polished slab of the marble from Cockeysville. Width of slab inside black border is approximately 10.7 cm.
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Sample of Massive Metadolostone Member of Cockeysville Marble, from old quarry near Lower Dam of
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within Cockeysville and other locations in Maryland. A historical account is given in
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The extent of this formation was originally mapped in 1892 within Baltimore County.
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The Cockeysville was also mined for crushed stone at what is now called
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Cockeysville marble was used in the construction of the
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Counties, Maryland. It is described as a predominantly
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Precambrian
Cambrian
Ordovician

Wissahickon Formation
Setters Formation
marble
Piedmont
Maryland
Cockeysville, Maryland
Precambrian
Cambrian
Ordovician
marble
Baltimore
Carroll
Harford
Howard
metadolomite
schist
calcite
marble
gneiss
silicate

Loch Raven Reservoir
Beaver Dam
Quarry Lake
Martin Marietta Inc.

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