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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.
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.
Named for. Tonoloway Ridge, Rock Ford, WV. Named by. E. O. Ulrich, 1911 [2] The Late Silurian Tonoloway Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The Tonoloway is roughly equivalent to the Salina group that is found to the north and west.
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.
New Creek enters the North Branch Potomac River at Keyser with the headwaters starting at Dam Site 14 in Grant County, West Virginia. It is the water supply for the city of Keyser. [8] Patterson Creek enters the Potomac River east of Cumberland, Maryland, with headwaters being in Grant County, West Virginia. The Patterson Creek watershed ...
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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.
Jul. 7—KEYSER, W.Va. — Former Keyser High running back Zion Powell announced his commitment to Shepherd University on Tuesday. Powell graduated in 2020 and initially committed to Division II ...