Gatesburg Formation Explained

Gatesburg Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Cambrian
Namedfor:	Exposures on Gatesburg Ridge, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Namedby:	C. Butts, 1918^[1]
Region:	,,,,
Subunits:	Mines Dolomite,^[2] Ore Hill,^[3] Stacy^[4]
Overlies:	Warrior Formation

The Gatesburg Formation is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania.^[5] It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

The formation is described by Berg and others as gray dolomite, limestone, and sandstone.^[6]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Pennsylvania
• Paleontology in Pennsylvania

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021. 25 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home. live.

Notes and References

1. Butts, Charles, 1918, Geologic section of Blair and Huntingdon Counties, central Pennsylvania: American Journal of Science, 4th series, v. 46, p. 523-537.
2. National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Mines
3. National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Ore Hill
4. National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Stacy
5. National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, Gatesburg
6. Berg, T.M. (compiler), 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey State Map, 4th series, 1, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000 https://web.archive.org/web/20140524011640/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/publications/pgspub/map/map1/index.htm