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Bedrock Geologic Map of New River Gorge National River National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Bedrock Geologic Map of New River@ Gorge National River @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Geologic Resources Inventory @ @ West Virginia @ @ @ @ Natural Resource Stewardship and Science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ M @ @ @ PNnrlrl @ @ @ @ PNnr PNnrln PNnrural @ @ PNnrlral @ @ @ @ PNnrural PNnrlral @ Sheet 2: Southern Extent PNnr @ PNnrln PNnr PNp PNnrfck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mpn @ @ F PNnrlral @ PNnrural PNnrfck @ PNnr PNnrbck PNnrfck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mhu @ @ PNnrlrl Mbs 41 @ PNnrfck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PNnrlral PNnrlrl@ @ @ @ NPS Boundary See Sheet 1 for Location Map Mann PNnrfck @ @ PNnrsew @ @ @ @ PNnrbck @ Mountain anticline PNnrlral PNppc6 @ @@ @ PNppc3 @@ @ @ PNnrbck PNnr Mbs @ C PNnr @ Mbs @@ @ PNnrfck @ @@ @@ @ @@ PNp @ @ PNnrfck 20 @@ @ PNppc3 @@ @ @ PNnr @ 31 @@ PNnr @ @ PNppc3 @@ PNnrlrl Grandview @ PNnrbck @@ Infrastructure Army Camp PNp PNnrp Sandbar PNnrlrl PNppc6 PNnrbck PNp Mbs Point of interest PNnrfck @ PNnr Mhu PNppc3 PNnrural PNppc3 Terry Prince PNppc6 @@ Cities Mhu PNnrfck Meadow @@ PNppc6 PNp @@ Mhu Quinnimont @ Roads Mhu @ PNppc3 PNnrp Bridge PNnrp PNnrfck 41 Ranger station PNnrlrl PNnrfck PNppc6 Quinnimont Mpn @@ PNnr @@ Mbs @@ Rapids PNp @@ Picnic area @@ @@ McCreery @@ @@ PNp Mpn War Ridge Public river access @@ @@ PNnrfck @@ PNnrlrl PNp @@ @@ @@ PNnr PNppc6 PNppc3 PNnr Mpn Campground PNnrlrl Grassy Shoals Mhu 7 Mhu Geologic Cross Section Lines PNnr Grandview Rapids Mhlsg PNppc6 PNnrp 20 Mhl PNp Mhu Mbs PNppc3 Mpn Mbs C C’ Overlook New River Mhl PNp PNp Mbs Mbs Mbs Mhu Folds PNppc3 ( Glade Creek Mhu Anticline, known or certain PNnrlrl @@ F @@ @@ Mhu M ( Syncline, known or certain PNnr Mhu PNp PNnrbck Mhl PNnrp Linear Geologic Units: Solid where certain, long dashed where approximate, PNnrfck Meadow short dashes where inferred, “?” where queried PNnrlral PNnrlrl PNnrlral Creek Kanawha Formation PNppc6 Mbs Mhl PNp Mhu PNnrp PNkstk - Stockton Coal Bed (Middle Pennsylvanian) Mhu 20 PNkcbg - Coalburg Coal Bed (Middle Pennsylvanian) Mhl 4 PNknp - Peerless and No. 2 Coal Beds, undivided (Middle Pennsylvanian) PNppc6 Meadow 64 PNkprl - Peerless Coal Bed (Middle Pennsylvanian) PNppc3 Mhu Mpn PNnrural PNkn2g - No. 2 Gas Coal Bed (Middle Pennsylvanian) PNnrural PNp Creek Mhu Mhlsg Mhu PNkeag - Eagle Coal Bed (Middle Pennsylvanian) @ PNnrhuf - Hughes Ferry Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) PNp Sandstone Mbs Visitor Center Mhl New River Formation PNnrp PNppc3 Mhl @ PNnrsew - Sewell Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) Mhu @ PNnrlrl - Little Raleigh Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) PNnr Mhsg Mbf @ PNnrbck - Beckley Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) PNnrlrl PNnrfck - Fire Creek Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) PNnrural Sandstone Mhlsg PNppc6 PNp Pocahontas Formation 64 Mhu Mhu @ PNppc6 - Pocahontas No. 6 Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) PNnr 64 @ PNppc3 - Pocahontas No. 3 Coal Bed (Lower Pennsylvanian) 307 PNnrfck @ 27 Mbs @ Mhlsg @ Sandstone Falls PNnrlrl Mpn Mbs Bedrock Geologic Contacts Mhl PNnrfck Known or certain PNnr PNnrfck PNppc6 @ Mhl PNnr PNnrfck @ Mhu Approximate @ Overlook C’ PNnrp PNppc3 Mbs PNp Inferred 20 Mhl Mbs @@ Inferred and queried North 0 2 Mhu PNp Quadrangle boundary Kilometers Mhu ( Miles Overlook Mhu Water 0 2 PNp Mbs D Water Mbs Mhl M Rapids Mbf Camp Brookside Dam PNppc3 PNppc3 7 Brooks PNp Bedrock Geologic Units PNnrp Mhu Mhsg PNppc6 Brooks Falls PNa Allegheny Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) PNp PNppc6 Mhu Mbs Mbs PNk Kanawha Formation, undifferentiated (Middle Pennsylvanian) 7 Mhlsg Mhu PNnr New River Formation, undifferentiated (Lower Pennsylvanian) 9 Mhl Tug Creek Richmond PNnrun New River Formation, Upper Nuttall Sandstone (Lower Pennsylvanian) Hamilton Farm Mhu Mhu PNnrln New River Formation, Lower Nuttall Sandstone (Lower Pennsylvanian) Mpn PNppc3 F Mbs Akers Mhu Mhu PNnrural New River Formation, Upper Raleigh Sandstone (Lower Pennsylvanian) 11 PNnrlral New River Formation, Lower Raleigh Sandstone (Lower Pennsylvanian) Mhl New River Mpn Hinton Mhu 9 PNnrp New River Formation, Pineville Sandstone (Lower Pennsylvanian) Mhl PNp Pocahontas Formation, undifferentiated (Lower Pennsylvanian) Boggs Knob anticline Springdale syncline Mbf Mbf Mhu Mhu 107 Greenbriar River Mbs Bluestone Formation, undifferentiated (Mississippian) 3 3 Mhlsg Mpn Princeton Formation, undifferentiated (Mississippian) Mhsg 3 Diamond Point Sunrise. NPS Photograph. Bellepoint Mhl Mbf Mhu Hinton Formation, Upper Hinton member (Mississippian) D’ Mpn 20 Mhlsg This map displays geologic map data compiled by the National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory. Mhlsg Mhu Mhlsg Hinton Formation, Little Stone Gap Member, Avis Limestone, (Mississippian) It is not a substitute for site-specific investigations. Bluestone Dam Mhlsg Source Map Poster Layout Mhu Mhl Mhl Hinton Formation, Lower Hinton member (Mississippian) McColloch, G.H., P.J Hun, J.S. McColloch, R.L. Peck, B.M. Blake Jr., Dalton Meyer and Georgia Hybels Mhl D.L. Matchen, and S.E. Gooding. 2013. Bedrock geology of the (Colorado State University) 12 Mbf New River Gorge National River, West Virginia (scale 1:24,000). Poster Date Mhl Mhlsg Mhu Mhsg Hinton Formation, Stony Gap Sandstone Member (Mississippian) Geologic Quadrangle Maps of West Virginia. Open File Map September 2017 OF-1301, 4 map sheets. West Virginia Geological and Economic GRI Data Date Bluefield Formation, undifferentiated (Mississippian) Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia. May 2016 Mbf Source Scale 1:24,000 Source Map Date According to US National Map accuracy standards, features are 2013 within 12 m (40 ft) of their true location. All Geologic Resources Inventory geologic map data and publications are available at http://go.nps.gov/gripubs. .
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