Stratigraphy of Coal-bearing strata of the Princess District
Compiled by Donald Chesnut, 1997
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Monongahela |
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Conemaugh |
unnamed coal |
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member Y |
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Ames Limestone |
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member W |
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unnamed coal |
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member V |
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Brush Creek Limestone |
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member U |
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Princess No. 10 or Brush Creek coal |
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member T |
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Princess No. 9 coal zone |
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Princess |
Upper Freeport coal |
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member S |
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Princess No. 8 or Lower Freeport coal |
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member R |
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Princess No. 7 or Upper Kittanning coal |
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member Q |
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Princess No. 6, Winslow, or Middle Kittanning coal |
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Lawrence coal |
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Hitchins clay bed |
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Obryan Member |
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Princess No. 5B coal |
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Princess No. 5A or Lower No. 5 Block coal |
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Kilgore Flint Member |
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Princess No. 5, Richardson, or Stockton coal zone |
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Princess No. 4, Broas, |
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"Main Block ore" |
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Four |
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Princess No. 3, Mudseam, |
Peach Orchard |
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Hazard coal |
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Haddix coal |
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Magoffin Member |
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Hyden |
Taylor coal |
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shale member M |
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Hamlin coal zone |
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Fire Clay rider coal |
Fire Clay |
Fire Clay- |
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Fire Clay coal |
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Little Fire Clay coal |
Whitesburg |
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Kendrick Shale Member |
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Pikeville |
Cannel City, Gun Creek, or Williamson coal |
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Elkins Fork shale |
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Tom Cooper, Van Lear, or Little Caney coal |
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member H |
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Grassy or Hopewell coal |
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Crummies Member |
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Bruin, Vires, or Howard coal |
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Grayson sandstone |
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Wheelersburg coal |
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Betsie Shale Member |
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Grundy |
coal |
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Corbin Sandstone |
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unnamed coal |
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Olive Hill flint clay |
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