State of Ohio Open-File Report 2015-2 Department of 11/2015 Natural Resources HISTORIC NOMENCLATURE OF LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY IN OHIO
Division of Geological Survey by Thomas J. Serenko, Chief Glenn E. Larsen
BACKGROUND NEWBERRY, 1871 NEWBERRY, 1878 WHITE, 1879 ORTON, 1884 ORTON, PROSSER, CONDIT, 1912 MORNINGSTAR, 1922 STOUT & LAMBORN, 1924 STOUT, 1931 STURGEON, 1943 STURGEON & FERM & CAVAROC, 1969 1893 1901,1905 DeLONG, 1964 During the late 1980s, the Ohio Geological Survey conducted bedrock CONNELLSVILLE Ss. CONNELLSVILLE Ss. mapping in Columbiana, Mahoning, and Jefferson Counties; this CLARKSBURG Coal CLARKSBURG Coal work was part of the Survey’s larger effort to create a new bedrock MORGANTOWN Ss. MORGANTOWN Ss. MORGANTOWN Ss. map for the entire state of Ohio. Originally compiled in 1985, this
ELKLICK Coal chart is a digitized version of a document drafted to aid in the
ELKLICK Ls. & Sh. correlation of Pennsylvanian strata, when using a combination of
BIRMINGHAM Sh. historic and modern data. UPPER DIVISION SKELLEY Ls. The chart correlates key references for northeastern Ohio to our DUQUESNE Coal understanding at the time, and it also served as background research GAYSPORT Ls. for a paper on Pennsylvanian stratigraphic nomenclature by Larsen
AMES Ls. AMES Ls. AMES Ls. AMES Ls. (1991). Key references for northeastern Ohio from 1871 to 1969 were
HARLEM Coal HARLEM Coal HARLEM Coal used as the basis for this chart. The chart shows the nomenclature ROUND KNOB Sh. ROUND KNOB Sh. given to lithologic units from each reference, displaying the evolution of the naming convention for each lithologic unit through time. SALTZBURG Ss. BARTON Coal REFERENCES EWING Ls. Condit, D.D., 1912, Conemaugh formation in Ohio: Columbus, COW RUN Ss. Geological Survey of Ohio, Fourth Series, Bulletin 17, 363 p. PORTERSVILLE Ls. PORTERSVILLE Ls.
BARREN COAL MEASURES ANDERSON Coal ANDERSON Coal ANDERSON Coal Ferm, J.C., and Cavaroc, V.V., Jr., 1969, A field guide to Allegheny BLOOMFIELD Ls. deltaic deposits in the upper Ohio Valley with a commentary on deltaic aspects of Carboniferous rocks in the northern Appalachian CAMBRIDGE Ls. CAMBRIDGE Ls. CAMBRIDGE Ls. CONEMAUGH SERIES CONEMAUGH SERIES CONEMAUGH GROUP Plateau: Ohio Geological Society and Pittsburgh Geological Society, WILGUS Coal WILGUS Coal CONEMAUGH FORMATION CONEMAUGH FORMATION CONEMAUGH FORMATION Spring field trip, 21 p. BUFFALO Sh. & Ss. LOWER BARREN COAL MEASURES LOWER BARREN COAL MEASURES LOWER BARREN COAL MEASURES BRUSH CREEK Ls. BRUSH CREEK Ls. BLACK FOSSILFEROUS Ls. BRUSH CREEK BRUSH CREEK Ls. Larsen, G.E., 1991, Historical development and problems within the horizon BRUSH CREEK Coal BRUSH CREEK Coal BRUSH CREEK Coal Pennsylvanian nomenclature of Ohio: The Ohio Journal of Science,
MASON Coal MASON Coal MASON Coal v. 91, no. 1, p. 69–76. UPPER MAHONING Ss. UPPER MAHONING Ss. Morningstar, Helen, 1922, Pottsville fauna of Ohio: Columbus, COAL No.7 COAL No.7 BRUSH CREEK Coal (?) MAHONING Coal BRUSH CREEK MAHONING Coal MAHONING “MAHONING” Coal Geological Survey of Ohio, Fourth Series, Bulletin 25, 312 p. GROFF VEIN GROFF or SALINEVILLE (or 7a Coal) MAHONING coal “Stripvein” (or GROFF) Coal STRIPVEIN (ORTON, 1893)
MAHONING THORNTON Clay Newberry, J.S., 1871, Sketch of the structure of the lower coal or THORNTON Clay measures in northeastern Ohio, in pt. 1 of Geological Survey
Limestone BRUSH CREEK Ls. MAHONING Ls. MAHONING Ls. of Ohio, Report of Progress in 1870: Columbus, [State of Ohio Legislature], p. 14–53. LOWER MAHONING Ss. LOWER MAHONING Ss. MAHONING Ss. MAHONING Ss. MAHONING Ss. MAHONING Ss. MAHONING Ss. Newberry, J.S., 1878, Geology of Jefferson County, chap. 86 of Report
COAL No.6 COAL No.6 FREEPORT UPPER UPPER FREEPORT UPPER FREEPORT UPPER FREEPORT UPPER FREEPORT UPPER FREEPORT Coal of the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 3, pt. 1, sec. 2—Local geology: BIG VEIN BIG VEIN Coal (or No.7) Coal (or No.7) Coal (or No.7) Coal (or No.7) Coal SALINEVILLE STRIPVEIN Columbus, [State of Ohio Legislature], p. 716–780.
WHITE Ls. WHITE Ls. FREEPORT (UPPER) Ls. UPPER FREEPORT Ls. UPPER FREEPORT Ls. MIDDLE DIVISION UPPER FREEPORT Ls. GOODMAN HILL Ls. Orton, Edward, 1884a, The stratigraphical order of the lower coal BOLIVAR Coal measures of Ohio, chap. 1 of Report of the Geological Survey BOLIVAR Clay BOLIVAR Clay of Ohio, v. 5—Economic geology: Columbus, [State of Ohio BUTLER UPPER FREEPORT Ss. UPPER FREEPORT Ss. UPPER FREEPORT Legislature], p. 1–128. (FREEPORT,UPPER) Ss. Ss. or Sh.
DORR RUN Mbr. (?) Orton, Edward, 1884b, The coal seams of the lower coal measures of Ohio, in part (Methods - General Characteristics), chap. 2 of COAL No.5 COAL No.5 FREEPORT LOWER Coal LOWER FREEPORT (or 6a LOWER FREEPORT LOWER FREEPORT LOWER FREEPORT Coal WHAN or ROGER VEIN WHAN or ROGER VEIN or 6b) Coal; also UPPER (or No.6a) Coal (or No.6a) Coal Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 5—Economic geology: KITTANNING Coal ROGERS Coal
FREEPORT GROUP FREEPORT Columbus, [State of Ohio Legislature], p. 129–168. GOODMAN HILL Ls. BUTLER (FREEPORT, LOWER FREEPORT Ls. LOWER FREEPORT Ls. LOWER FREEPORT Ls. LOWER) Ls. Orton, Edward, 1884c, The Coal Seams of the Lower Coal Measures
FREEPORT (LOWER) Ss. LOWER FREEPORT LOWER FREEPORT Ss. LOWER FREEPORT LOWER FREEPORT Ss. of Ohio (Mahoning, Columbiana, Jefferson, Portage, Stark, Carroll, Ss. & Sh. Ss. or Sh. Tuscarawas, Guernsey), chap. 3 of Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 5—Economic geology: Columbus, [State of Ohio Legislature], p. 169–300.
WASHINGTONVILLE Sh. Orton, Edward, 1893, The coal fields of Ohio, chap. 4of Report of COAL No.4 COAL No.4 DARLINGTON (UPPER MIDDLE KITTANNING (or UPPER KITTANNING UPPER KITTANNING UPPER KITTANNING the Geological Survey of Ohio, v. 7, pt. 1—Economic geology: DARLINGTON Coal DARLINGTON Coal KITTANNING) Coal No.6) Coal/DARLINGTON Coal Coal Coal; DARLINGTON Cannel Coal CANNEL Coal Columbus, [State of Ohio Legislature], p. 255–290.
WASHINGTONVILLE Sh. WASHINGTONVILLE Sh. WASHINGTONVILLE Sh. WASHINGTONVILLE Sh. Prosser, C.S., 1901, Names for the formations of the Ohio coal measures: American Journal of Science, 4th series, v. 11, p. 191– COAL No.4 COAL No.4 DARLINGTON (UPPER MIDDLE KITTANNING (or MIDDLE KITTANNING MIDDLE KITTANNING MIDDLE KITTANNING MIDDLE KITTANNING MIDDLE KITTANNING STRIP VEIN STRIP VEIN KITTANNING) Coal; also No.6) Coal; also LOWER (or No.6) Coal (or No.6) Coal Coal Coal Coal 199. KITTANNING (LOWER) Coal KITTANNING Coal
SALEM Ls. SALEM Ls. SALEM Ls. LEETONIA Ls. Prosser, C.S., 1905, Revised nomenclature of the Ohio geological
RED KIDNEY Ore RED KIDNEY Ore formations: Columbus, Geological Survey of Ohio, Fourth Series, Bulletin 7, 36 p. TUSCARAWAS Sh. STRASBURG Coal STRASBURG Coal Stout, Wilber, 1931 Pennsylvanian cycles in Ohio, in Papers presented OAK HILL Clay OAK HILL Clay OAK HILL Clay OAK HILL Clay HAMDEN Ls. at the Quarter Centennial Celebration of the Illinois Geological FERRIFEROUS Ls. HAMDEN Mbr. HAMDEN Ls. HAMDEN Sh. COLUMBIANA Sh. COLUMBIANA Sh. Survey: Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin 60, p. 195–216. KITTANNING GROUP KITTANNING COAL No.3 COAL No.4, LEETONIA Coal; KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING ALLEGHENY SERIES ALLEGHENY SERIES HAMMONDSVILLE also COAL No.3, CREEK (LOWER) Coal (or No.5) Coal; also UPPER Coal (or No.5) Coal (or No.5) Coal Coal ALLEGHENY GROUP Coal Coal Stout, Wilber, and Lamborn, R.E., 1924, Geology of Columbiana
CREEK VEIN or CLAY VEIN CLARION (or No.4b) Coal ALLEGHENY FORMATION ALLEGHENY FORMATION ALLEGHENY FORMATION County: Columbus, Geological Survey of Ohio, Fourth Series, LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING LOWER KITTANNING Clay Clay Clay Bulletin 28, 408 p.
COAL No.3a LOWER CLARION LAWRENCE Coal LAWRENCE Coal LAWRENCE Coal Sturgeon, M.T., 1943, Stratigraphy and correlation of the coals and (or No.4a) Coal
COAL MEASURES limestone below the Lower Kittanning coal, pt. 1 of Contributions
KITTANNING Ss. KITTANNING Ss. & Sh. to the stratigraphy of the Allegheny series in Columbiana and LOWER PRODUCTIVE COAL MEASURES Mahoning Counties, Ohio: The Ohio Journal of Science, v. 43, no. 6, p.
PENNSYLVANIAN SERIES PENNSYLVANIAN 235–249.
PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM PENNSYLVANIAN FERRIFEROUS Ore
FERRIFEROUS Ls.; LOWELL (WHITE) Ls.; FERRIFEROUS FERRIFEROUS Ls. VANPORT Ls.; also VANPORT Ls.& Sh. VANPORT Ls. VANPORT Ls. VANPORT Ls. Sturgeon, M.T., and DeLong, R.M., 1964, Revision of some PUTNAM Ls. also WHITE Ls. also FERRIFEROUS Ls. (VANPORT) Ls. stratigraphic names between the Lower and Middle Kittanning
COAL No.4: also SCRUB GRASS Coal UPPER CLARION (or 4b) CLARION (or No.4a) Coal; SCRUB GRASS Coal coals in eastern Ohio: The Ohio Journal of Science, v. 64, no. 1, p. COAL No.3, CANFIELD Coal; SCRUB GRASS Coal (upper bench may correlate 41–43. Cannel to the Scrub Grass Coal in St. Clair Twp.) CLARION Coal LOWER PRODUCTIVE COAL MEASURES (ALLEGHENY RIVER SERIES) LOWER CLARION CLARION CLARION Coal White, I.C., 1879 Special report on the correlation of the coal measures (or 4a) Coal (or No.4a) Coal in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio: Pennsylvania Geological UPPER CARBONIFEROUS (or PENNSYLVANIAN SERIES) UPPER CARBONIFEROUS (or PENNSYLVANIAN CANARY Ore Survey Report of Progress, v. QQ, p. 215–303. CLARION Ss. CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM WINTERS Coal DISCLAIMER
LOWER COAL MEASURES ZALESKI Flint The information contained herein has not been reviewed for technical OGAN Coal accuracy and conformity with current ODNR Division of Geological GRAY Ls.; also CLARION GROUP PUTNAM HILL Ls. PUTNAM HILL Ls. PUTNAM HILL Ls. Survey standards for published or open-file materials. The ODNR Division of Geological Survey does not guarantee this information COAL No.4 BROOKVILLE Coal BROOKVILLE (or No.4) Coal BROOKVILLE BROOKVILLE Coal (?) to be free from errors, omissions, or inaccuracies and disclaims (or No.4) Coal
LOWER COAL MEASURES any responsibility or liability for interpretations or decisions based BROOKVILLE Clay thereon. CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM (FORMATION, SERIES, OR GROUP) CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM (FORMATION, HOMEWOOD Ss. HOMEWOOD Ss. HOMEWOOD Ss. or Sh. (TIONESTA Ss.) RECOMMENDED TIONESTA (or No.3b) Coal TIONESTA (or No.3b) Coal TIONESTA BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION (or No.3b) Coal Larsen, G.E., 2015, Historic nomenclature of Lower Pennsylvanian UPPER MERCER Ore UPPER MERCER (or RED BLOCK) Ore stratigraphy in Ohio: Columbus, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-2, UPPER BLUE Ls. MERCER, UPPER, Ls. UPPER MERCER Ls. UPPER MERCER Ls. UPPER MERCER Ls. UPPER MERCER Ls. 1 sheet. GORE Ls.
BEDFORD Coal ABBREVIATIONS SAND BLOCK Ore LOWER DIVISION Carbon. = Carboniferous Miss. = Mississippian COAL No.3a MERCER, UPPER, Coal UPPER MERCER UPPER MERCER UPPER MERCER BRUCE Coal (or No.3a) Coal (or No.3b) Coal (or No.3a) Coal Cong. = Conglomerate Sh. = Shale
LOWER MERCER Ore LOWER MERCER (or LITTLE RED BLOCK) Ore Ls. = Limestone Ss. = Sandstone
BLUE Ls. LOWER BLUE Ls. MERCER, LOWER, Ls. LOWER MERCER Ls. LOWER MERCER Ls. LOWER MERCER Ls. Mbr. = Member Subcarb. = Subcarboniferous ZOAR Ls.
MERCER, MIDDLE, Coal MIDDLE MERCER Coal MIDDLE MERCER Coal KEY TO LITHOLOGICAL UNITS FLINT RIDGE Coal
BOGGS Ore & Ls. Clay or shale Iron ore COAL No.3 COAL No.3 MERCER, LOWER, Coal LOWER MERCER LOWER MERCER LOWER Ls. seam BLUE Ls. seam (or No.3) Coal (or No.3) Coal BLUE Ls. seam
LOWELLVILLE Ls. POTTSVILLE SERIES POTTSVILLE GROUP POTTSVILLE SERIES LOWELLVILLE (POVERTY RUN) Ls. Coal Limestone POTTSVILLE FORMATION POTTSVILLE FORMATION POTTSVILLE FORMATION MERCER GROUP VANDUSEN Coal
CONGLOMERATE GROUP CONGLOMERATE BEAR RUN Coal Conglomerate Ore-bearing MASSILLON Ss. CONOQUENNESSING MASSILLON or CONOQUENNESSING (UPPER) Ss. CONOQUENNESSING Ss. or MASSILLON Ss. or Sh. limestone
COAL No.2 QUAKERTOWN Coal QUAKERTOWN QUAKERTOWN QUAKERTOWN (or No.2) Coal (or No.2 Coal) (or No.2) Coal Flint Ore-bearing sandstone HUCKLEBERRY Coal
GUINEA FOWL Ore
ANTHONY Coal Interbedded Massive sand limestone and shale or sandstone SCIOTOVILLE Coal CONGLOMERATE MEASURES (POTTSVILLE CONGLOMERATE) CONGLOMERATE BLACK BAND IRON Ore BLACK BAND IRON Ore SHARON Ore SHARON Ore SHARON Ore Interbedded sandstone and shale Coal No.1, BRIAR HILL, Coal No.1, BRIAR HILL, SHARON Coal SHARON SHARON Coal SHARON or MAHONING VALLEY or MAHONING VALLEY (or No.1) Coal (or No.1) Coal Coal Coal
conglomerate conglomerate SHARON SHARON SHARON Conglomerate Conglomerate Conglomerate SERAL CONG. CONG. CARBON Ore bearing ss. HARRISON Ore SUBCARB. MAXVILLE LIMESTONE LIMESTONE
CUYAHOGA Ss. & Sh. WAVERLY GROUP WAVERLY MISSISSIPPIAN SERIES MISSISSIPPIAN SYSTEM WAVERLY GROUP WAVERLY WAVERLY GROUP WAVERLY OhioGeology.com WAVERLY GROUP or Ss. WAVERLY LOWER CARBON. (or MISS. SERIES) SUB or LOWER CARBONIFEROUS