156 STRATIGRAPHY THE CONEMAUGH SERIES. 



THE PINE CREEK LIMESTONE. 



The Pine Creek Limestone of White 19 , corning from 30 

 to 40 feet below the Bakerstown Coal, and frequently having 

 abundant marine fossil forms in the northern part of the State, 

 is almost entirely absent in Lewis where it should crop, and 

 in the few exposures noted no marine fossils were observed by 

 either Dr. Price or the writer. In Collins Settlement Dis- 

 trict, it is exposed along the hill road 0.7 mile southwest of 

 Duffy, where it is 0' 6" thick, coming 20 feet below the Salts- 

 burg Sandstone, at an elevation of 1430' B. In Buckhannon 

 District, Upshur, it was noted on Right Fork of Stonecoal 

 Creek, 1.2 miles southwest of Atlas, where the following sec- 

 tion was made : 



Feet. 



Sandstone, flaggy, Saltsburg 3 



Shale, sandy 3 



Coal, slaty, Bakerstown (1210' B.) 1 



Concealed 20 



Shale, variegated 19 



Limestone, ferriferous and sandy, Pine Creek 1 



Shale, gray, to creek 5 



The following exposure was noted in Banks District, Up- 

 shur, along the Coal and Coke Railway grade, 0.8 mile south- 

 west of Frenchton : 



The Cleveland Section, published in Chapter IV, shows 

 the horizon of the Pine Creek Limestone occupied by sandy 

 shales, having numerous plant fossils but no animal remains. 



THE BUFFALO SANDSTONE. 



The Buffalo Sandstone of White 20 , having its base 60 

 to 70 feet below the Bakerstown Coal, occurs generally 

 throughout Lewis in the region of its outcrop, and is noted 



"I. C. White, Report Q. Sec. Geol. Survey of Penna. 

 2 "I. C. White, Report Q, Sec. Geol. Survey of Penna. 



