Ledger Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Cambrian | |
Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Lower dolomite member, Willis Run Member, upper dolomite member |
Overlies | Kinzers Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | dolomite |
Location | |
Region | Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Extent | Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia |
Type section | |
Named by | Stose, G.W., and Jonas, A.I.[1] |
The Ledger Formation or Ledger Dolomite is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania, United States.
The Ledger is described as light-gray, locally mottled, massive, pure, coarsely crystalline dolomite. It may be siliceous in the middle part.[2]