Bluestone Formation

Bluestone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serpukhovian
Outcrop near Camp Creek, West Virginia, showing cyclical deposits of the Pride Shale Member
TypeFormation
Unit ofMauch Chunk Group
Sub-units"upper member", Bramwell Member, "red member", "gray member", Glady Fork Sandstone Member, Pride Shale Member
UnderliesPocahontas Formation
OverliesPrinceton Sandstone
Location
RegionWest Virginia
CountryUnited States

The Bluestone Formation is a geologic formation in West Virginia. It is the youngest unit of the Upper Mississippian-age Mauch Chunk Group. A pronounced unconformity separates the upper boundary of the Bluestone Formation from sandstones of the overlying Pennsylvanian-age Pocahontas Formation.

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