Sharon Conglomerate

Sharon Conglomerate
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Outcrop of the Sharon Conglomerate at the Ledges, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
TypeSedimentary
Unit ofPottsville Formation
OverliesMeadville Shale
Lithology
Primaryconglomerate
Location
RegionPennsylvania
CountryUnited States
ExtentPennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland
Type section
Named forSharon, Pennsylvania

The Sharon Conglomerate is a geologic formation of early Pennsylvanian age in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland, in the United States. It is dominantly conglomerate and quartzarenite sandstone. In places it is abundantly crossbedded.

The Sharon Conglomerate is generally considered a Member of the Pottsville Formation in Pennsylvania and Maryland,[1] but it is a Formation in Ohio.

  1. ^ Lyons, P.C., Jacobsen, E.F., and Scott, B.K., 1985. Coal geology of the Castleman coal field, Garrett County, Maryland, U.S. Geological Survey, Coal Investigations Map C-98. Scale: 1:24,000. link.