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Hillsdale Limestone, Washington County, Virginia, USA
| Formation | Hillsdale Limestone |
|---|---|
| Age: | 345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous |
| Interval | Meramecian |
| Lithology | limestone |
| Number of Collections | 3 |
| Number of Occurrences | 25 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Nolichucky Fm | Washington County, Virginia, USA | Hillsdale Limestone |
| Horseshoe Bend | Washington County, Virginia, USA | Hillsdale Limestone |
| Muddy Hollow | Washington County, Virginia, USA | Hillsdale Limestone |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 470 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | shale/"limestone", "shale" | 10 |
| Big Stone Gap Shale | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | shale | 14 |
| Chemung | 383 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | siltstone/sandstone, "shale"/siltstone, siltstone, "shale", sandstone, "shale"/sandstone, claystone | 357 |
| Chepultepec | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | limestone/dolomite, lime mudstone, "limestone", dolomite | 82 |
| Cove Creek Limestone | 339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | limestone | 4 |
| Fido Sandstone | 339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | sandstone | 2 |
| Gasper Limestone | 339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | limestone, sandstone/"limestone", lime mudstone | 14 |
| Huntersville | 419 - 359 Ma Devonian | chert/siltstone | 32 |
| Little Valley | 345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | limestone/"shale", "limestone", siltstone | 79 |
| Moccasin | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | limestone/"shale", "limestone", "carbonate"/mudstone, "limestone"/siltstone, mudstone/"limestone", claystone | 37 |
| Nolichucky | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | shale/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", "shale", mudstone | 32 |
| Pennington | 339 - 318 Ma Carboniferous | siltstone/sandstone, sandstone/"shale", siltstone, siltstone/"shale", sandstone, sandstone/siltstone | 52 |
| Price | 347 - 323 Ma Carboniferous | sandstone/siltstone, sandstone, siltstone, siltstone/sandstone, "shale", "shale"/sandstone, "shale"/siltstone, claystone | 72 |
| Ste. Genevieve Limestone | 339 - 326 Ma Carboniferous | limestone/siltstone, "limestone", "reef rocks" | 41 |
Recorded Fossils
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
