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The Keyser is a nodular limestone overlain by thick- and thin-bedded limestone and laminated limestone at its type locality in Keyser, West Virginia . In central Pennsylvania, the basal "calico" limestone is a fossiliferous, medium-light- to medium-gray very thick bedded calcilutite containing numerous small irregular patches of clear calcite.
Website. www .mineralwv .org. Mineral County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland metropolitan area, together with Cumberland, Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,938. [1] Its county seat is Keyser. [2] The county was founded in 1866.
Keyser, the county seat of Mineral County, is located on the North Branch of the Potomac River at its juncture with New Creek in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Throughout the centuries, the town went through a series of name changes, but was ultimately named after William Keyser, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.
The Corriganville Limestone was first described by J. W. Head in 1972 as part of the Helderberg Group in Allegany County, Maryland, as a gray limestone with chert. C. R. Wood first mapped it as part of the Old Port Formation in Pennsylvania. The type locality is a railroad cut 0.3 mi southeast of Corriganville, Alleghany County, Maryland.
The Keyser Limestone Formation is a geologic formation in West Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period. See also. Earth sciences portal; Paleontology portal; List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in West Virginia; References. Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database.
Horse - Also known as Dead Horse Cave, it is located 1,000 yards (910 m) south of Twiggs Cave, near the Twiggtown-Spring Gap road. Developed in the Favosites zone of the Keyser limestone at 1,440 feet (440 m) elevation. The cave is relatively shallow, with 8 to 10 feet of overburden at the entrance room.
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History of Keyser, West Virginia. Keyser, West Virginia, the county seat of Mineral County, is located on the North Branch of the Potomac River at its juncture with New Creek in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The town went through three name changes, ultimately being named after William Keyser, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.