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Keyser Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pridoli-Lochkovian[1]
Outcrop of the Keyser Formation on U.S. Route 522 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, north of Warfordsburg
TypeSedimentary
Unit ofHelderberg Group
Sub-unitsByers Island, Jersey Shore & La Vale Members
UnderliesNew Creek Limestone and Old Port Formation
OverliesTonoloway Formation
Thickness33 m (108 ft) at Allegheny Furnace
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates38°18′N 79°36′W / 38.3°N 79.6°W / 38.3; -79.6
Approximate paleocoordinates36°18′S 41°30′W / 36.3°S 41.5°W / -36.3; -41.5
RegionPennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
CountryKeyser Formation United States
ExtentAppalachian Mountains
Type section
Named forKeyser, West Virginia
Named byE. O. Ulrich
Year defined1911[2]
Keyser Formation is located in the United States
Keyser Formation
Keyser Formation (the United States)
Keyser Formation is located in Virginia
Keyser Formation
Keyser Formation (Virginia)

The Late Silurian to Early Devonian Keyser Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

  1. ^ Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau
  2. ^ Ulrich, E.O., 1911, Revision of the Paleozoic systems: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 22, p. 281-680

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