Casselman Formation

Cyclic sequences of shale, siltstone, sandstone, red beds, thin, impure limestone, and thin, nonpersistent coal; red beds are associated with landslides; base is at top of Ames limestone.
State Pennsylvania
Name Casselman Formation
Geologic age Pennsylvanian
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clasticred beds, red beds are associated with landslides
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale
Minor
Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestonethin, impure limestone
Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Coaland thin, nonpersistent coal
References

Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000.

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