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Pottsville Formation

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Member, Campbell Ledge Shale Member, Chestnut Sandstone Member, Connoquenessing Sandstone Member, Dundee Sandstone Member, Flint Ridge Clay Bed or Flint Ridge Shale Member, Harrison Member, Homewood Sandstone Member, Huckleberry Clay Bed, Kanawha Member, Lick Creek Sandstone Member, Lowellville Limestone Member, Lower Mercer Limestone Member, Massilon Sandstone Member, McArthur Member, Mercer Member, Middle Mercer Shale Member, Mount Savage Clay Bed, Olean Conglomerate Member of Olean Sandstone Member, Pine Sandstone Member, Poverty Run Member, Razburg Sandstone Member, Rocky Ridge Sandstone Member, Schuylkill Member, Sciotoville Clay Member, Shades Sandstone Member, Sharon Coal Bed, Sharon Member, Sharp Mountain Member, Straight Ridge Sandstone Member, Straven Conglomerate Member, Tionesta Clay Bed, Tumbling Run Member, Upper Mercer Limestone Member or Upper Mercer Bed, Vandusen Shale Member, Wolf Ridge Sandstone Member.
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As a group, the Pottsville may encompass the following formations depending on the state in which it occurs: Connoquenessing Formation, Curwensville Formation, Elliott Park Formation, Gurnee Formation, Hance Formation, Homewood Formation or Homewood Sandstone, Mercer Formation, New River Formation,
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As a formation, the Pottsville may encompass the following members depending on the state in which it occurs: Alton Coal Member, Anthony Shale Member, Bear Run Member, Bedford Clay Bed, Boggs Member, Boyles Sandstone Member, Bremen Sandstone Member, Brookville Clay Member, Camp Branch Sandstone
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Rice, C.L., Hiett, J.K., and Koozmin, E.D., 1994, Glossary of Pennsylvanian stratigraphic names, central Appalachian basin, IN Rice, C.L., ed., Elements of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, central Appalachian basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 294, p.
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Harrison, R.W., 1997, Bedrock geologic map of the St. Louis 30' x 60' quadrangle, Missouri and Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-2533, 7 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:100,000
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Olean Conglomerate or Olean Formation, Pocahontas Formation, Schuylkill Formation, Sharon Formation or Sharon Sandstone, Sharp Mountain Formation, Tumbling Run Formation.
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Edmunds, W.E., 1992, Early Pennsylvanian (middle Morrowan) marine transgression in south-central Pennsylvania: Northeastern Geology, v. 14, no. 4, p. 225-231.
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Lesley, J.P., 1876, The Boyd's Hill gas well at Pittsburgh; Appendix E: Pennsylvania Geological Survey Report of Progress, 2nd series, v. L, p. 221-227.
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The Carboniferous Pottsville Formation of eastern Pennsylvania in the central Appalachian foreland basin is considered a classic orogenic molasse …
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The Pottsville was previously mapped in the Illinois basin as well at the Formation level, but was renamed the Tradewater Formation in 1997.
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The relationship to the term "Pottsville" and actual lithologic units is complex. Most fundamentally, the unit may be considered a
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basin in Pennsylvania contains both marine invertebrates and plant fossils of middle Morrowan age.
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The major ridge makers are the Tuscarora (T), Pocono (Po), and Pottsville (Pt) Formations.
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Pottsville Formation boulder in the Rock Garden in Worlds End State Park
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Relative age dating of the Pottsville places it in the early to middle
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Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
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A 1.3-m interval at the base of the Pottsville in the
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Archived from 572:"GeoLex: Geologic Unit: Pottsville" 224:of the Middle Pottsville Formation. 25: 592:"Geology : Pottsville (Pp)" 278:Allegheny or Appalachian Plateau 276:, the eastern escarpment of the 52:Typical Pottsville Formation at 1: 531:Kempler, Steve (2007-01-19). 328:Nomenclature and stratigraphy 266:Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians 58:Sullivan County, Pennsylvania 2153:Carboniferous West Virginia 2133:Pennsylvanian North America 489:Pennsylvanian North America 484:Carboniferous West Virginia 2174: 479:Carboniferous Pennsylvania 296:, and is known to contain 1249: 833: 292:, fine to coarse grained 222:Connoquenessing sandstone 45: 34: 1974:Point Pleasant Formation 1851:Drowning Creek Formation 322:Pottsville, Pennsylvania 197:Pottsville, Pennsylvania 77:see Stratigraphy section 442:(surrounding mountains) 1521:Tenmile Creek Dolomite 912:Red Mountain Formation 541:Goddard Earth Sciences 388: 226: 1984:Wells Creek Formation 1941:Waynesville Formation 1587:Bass Islands Dolomite 958:Copper Ridge Dolomite 930:Chepultepec Formation 596:LEO EnviroSci Inquiry 401:Worlds End State Park 386: 215: 174:Appalachian Mountains 114:Mauch Chunk Formation 54:Worlds End State Park 2128:Pennsylvanian Series 2103:Middle Run Formation 2020:Eau Claire Formation 1946:Whitewater Formation 1906:Grant Lake Formation 1836:Brassfield Formation 1819:Springfield Dolomite 1769:Cedarville Formation 1751:Goat Island Dolomite 1592:Bois Blanc Formation 1574:Holland Quarry Shale 1547:Amherstburg Dolomite 1468:Amherstburg Dolomite 1429:Mahantango Formation 1131:Pittsburgh Formation 1114:Waynesburg Formation 1069:Washington Formation 935:Sequatchie Formation 863:Pride Mountain Shale 816:Pottsville Formation 234:Pottsville Formation 30:Pottsville Formation 2091:Swift Run Formation 2048:Mt. 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Index

Pottsville Group
Stratigraphic range
Pennsylvanian

Worlds End State Park
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Formation
Llewellyn Formation
Coldwater Shale
Cuyahoga Formation
Logan Formation
Mauch Chunk Formation
Maxville Limestone
Parkwood Formation
sandstone
conglomerate
limestone
shale
coal
Appalachian Mountains
Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Blackwater Falls
Pennsylvanian
bedrock
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Alabama

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