Antietam Formation

Antietam Formation
Stratigraphic range: [Cambrian]]
Type Formation
Unit of Chilhowee Group
Underlies Tomstown Dolomite
Overlies Harpers Formation
Thickness 550 ft
Lithology
Primary Sandstone, quartzite
Other Schist
Location
Region West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland
Country United States
Type section
Named for Antietam Creek

The Antietam Formation or Antietam Sandstone is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.[1][2][3] It is largely quartz sandstone with some quartzite and quartz schist. It preserves Skolithos trace fossils dating back to the Cambrian Period.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Antietam Formation in West Virginia, USGS
  2. ↑ Antietam Formation in Pennsylvania, USGS
  3. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey, Volume 10, Johns Hopkins Press, 1918 p. 200
  4. ↑ Geology of West Virginia's Blue Ridge
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