Skunnemunk Conglomerate

Skunnemunk Conglomerate

Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian
Conglomerate rock typical of Schunemunk Mountain, New York.
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGreen Pond Outlier
OverliesBellvale Sandstone
ThicknessAbout 3,000 ft.[1]
Lithology
PrimaryConglomerate, Sandstone
Location
ExtentNew Jersey, New York

The Skunnemunk Conglomerate (also spelled Schunemunk) is a mapped bedrock unit in New Jersey and New York from the Middle Devonian period.[1] It forms the resistant ridge of Schunemunk Mountain in New York and Bearfort Mountain in New Jersey.[2]

  1. ^ a b Volkert, Richard A. "OFM 104, Bedrock Geologic Map of the Wawayanda Quadrangle and the New Jersey Part of the Pine Island Quadrangle, Sussex and Passaic Counties, New Jersey and Orange County, New York" (PDF). New Jersey Geological and Water Survey.
  2. ^ "The Green Pond Outlier". U.S. Geological Survey.