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National Park Service GeologicBedrock Geologic Map Map of ofBluestone Bluestone National National Scenic Scenic River River U.S. Department of the Interior Geologic Resources Inventory West Natural Resource Stewardship and Science

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PNp Geologic Cross Section Lines Mpn Mhu A A' PNnr Mhu Mhl Folds F Anticline, inferred Mhl Mbf PNp Mhlsg M Syncline, inferred PNp Mbspd Linear Geologic Units Mbs Mhu Mhsg PNnrfc - , Fire Creek , inferred Mpn () PNnr Mbsgf PNnrp9 - New River Formation, Pocahontas No. 9 Coal, inferred (Pennsylvanian) Mpn PNpp3 - , Pocahontas No. 3 Coal, inferred Mhu (Pennsylvanian) PNpp6 - Pocahontas Formation, Pocahontas No. 6 Coal, inferred (Pennsylvanian) Geologic Contacts PNp Mhlsg Known or certain A Dunns Anticline r Geologic Units Mhu Rive F e PNnr New River Formation, undifferentiated (Pennsylvanian) n Mhl PNp o PNp st PNp Pocahontas Formation, undifferentiated (Pennsylvanian) Mbs e Mbspd lu B Mbs , undifferentiated () PNnr M Mbsuc Bluestone Formation, unnamed conglomeratic (Mississippian) Mbsgf Bluestone Formation, Glady Fork Sandstone Member Mhu Mpn (Mississippian) BellepointMbspd Syncline Mbsgf Mbs Mbsuc Mbspd Bluestone Formation, Pride Member (Mississippian)

Mbsuc Mpn Princeton Formation (Mississippian)

Mbsgf Mhu Upper (Mississippian) Mhu Mbspd Mbsuc Mhlsg Hinton Formation, Little Stone Gap (Avis) Member (Mississippian)

Mhl Mhl Lower Hinton Formation (Mississippian) Mhu Mhl Mhsg Hinton Formation, Stony Gap Sandstone Member (Mississippian) Mpn Mbsuc Mbf Bluefield Formation (Mississippian) PNp Mbs Mbspd

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Mbs M This map was produced by Georgia Hybels (Colorado State University) in September 2017. It Mbspd is an overview of compiledMhl geologic data prepared as part of the NPS Geologic Resources Mbs Inventory. This map is not a substitute for site-specific investigations. Mbspd Mhu Mhu Mpn The source map used in creation of the digital geologic data was:

Mhl Mpn Matchen, D.L., J.L. Allen, R.C. Peck, and D. Mercier. 2011. Bedrock geologic map of the Mpn Mbspd Bluestone National Scenic River, Flat Top and Pipestem 7.5' Quadrangles, (scale Mhlsg Mhu 1:24,000). Open-File Report 1101. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Mbspd Mhu Morgantown, West Virginia.

As per source map scale and U.S. National Map Accuracy Standards, geologic features represented here are within 12 m (40 ft) of their true location. North 0 2 Kilometers All Geologic Resources Inventory geologic map data and publications are available at Miles http://go.nps.gov/gripubs. 0 2