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Connelly Conglomerate

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Lithology

Siltstone

Mudstone

Sandstone

Other (7 mi²)

Geologic Age

Early Devonian (422.4 Ma – 394.5 Ma ago)

Geologic Unit Label

Dkec

Kanouse Sandstone (Kmmel, 1908) - Medium-gray, light-brown, and grayish-red, fine- to coarse-grained, thin- to thick-bedded sparsely fossiliferous sandstone and pebble conglomerate. Basal conglomerate beds are interbedded with siltstone similar to the upper part of the Esopus Formation and contain well-sorted, subangular to subrounded, gray and white quartz pebbles less than 1 cm (0.4 in.) long. Lower contact gradational. About 14 m (46 ft) thick. Esopus Formation - (Vanuxem, 1842; Boucot, 1959) - Light- to dark-gray, laminated to thin-bedded siltstone interbedded with dark-gray to black mudstone, dusky-blue sandstone and siltstone, and yellowish-gray fossiliferous siltstone and sandstone. Lower contact probably conformable with the Connelly Conglomerate. The formation is about 100 m (330 ft) thick at Greenwood Lake and estimated at 55 m (180 ft) thick in Longwood Valley. Connelly Conglomerate (Chadwick, 1908) - Grayish-orange weathering, very light gray to yellowish-gray, thin-bedded quartz-pebble conglomerate. Quartz pebbles average 1 to 2 cm (0.4-0.8 in.), are subrounded to well rounded, and well sorted. The unit unconformably overlies the Berkshire Valley Formation. About 11 m (36 ft) thick.

— USGS

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