Murray City, Athens Co., Ohio, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 30' 40'' North , 82° 9' 45'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.51122,-82.16266 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
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Pennsylvanian 298.9 - 323.2 Ma ID: 2916708 | Conemaugh Group Age: Pennsylvanian (298.9 - 323.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Conemaugh Group Description: Shale, siltstone, and mudstone: Shale, black, gray, green and red; clayey to silty; locally contains marine fossils in lower half of unit; calcareous in part. Siltstone, gray, green and red, locally variegated; clayed to sandy; thin bedded to nonbedded. Mudstone, black, gray, green, red, and yellow, variegated in part; clayey to silty; locally calcareous; commonly nonbedded. Sandstone, green-gray weathers to shades of yellow-brown; mostly very fine to medium grained, locally conglomeratic; thin to massive to cross bedded; locally calcareous. Limestone and coal; thin and discontinuous. Limestone, black, gray and green; micritic to coarse grained; thin bedded to concretionary with marine fossils common in lower half of interval; thin to medium bedded, nonmarine limestone common in upper half of unit. Coal, thin, bituminous, impure; very locally thick enough for economic development. Lateral and vertical lithic variability and gradation common. Unit as much as 500 feet thick. Lithology: Major:{shale,siltstone,mudstone}, Minor:{sandstone}, Incidental:{limestone, bituminous} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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Localities in this Region
- Ohio
- Athens Co.
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