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Bedrock Geologic Map of New River@ Gorge National River

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@ 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 (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 , undifferentiated () 3 3 Mhlsg Mpn Princeton Formation, undifferentiated (Mississippian) Mhsg 3 Diamond Point Sunrise. NPS Photograph. Bellepoint Mhl Mbf Mhu , 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.