DETAILED GEOLOGY OF 
RURGETTSTt )WN QUADRANGLE. 
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I he following table shows 
parts of the township: 
the measurements obtained 
in different 
Distances between base of Pittsburg coal and top of marking strata of Monon- 
gahela formation, Mount Pleasant Township . Pennsylvania. 
Locality. 
Dinsmore Bulger 
limestone, limestone. 
Waynesburg 
coal. 
South of Primrose, outcrops compared with mine levels of coal. 
South of Primrose, outcrops compared with mine levels of coal . 
North of Miller Run, outcrop compared with record of J. Scott 
well No. 5. 
Feet. 
136 
145 
Feet. 
159 
162 
161 
Feet. 
260 
On Burgetts Fork, outcrop compared with record of Lyle well 
No.l. 
275 
264 
On Burgetts Fork, outcrop compared with record of D C 
Miller well No. 1. 
1 mile southwest of Hickory, outcrop compared with record 
ot J. M. K. Donaldson well. 
173 
1 mile west of Hickory, outcrop compared with record of 
George Kimmond well. 
275 
273 
1 mile north of Westland, 2 outcrops compared with record of 
Parkinson well. 
168 
1 Aft 
1 mile southwest of Hickory, outcrop compared with coal test 
well. 
2 miles southwest of Woodrow, outcrop compared with record 
of Walker well No. 1. 
273 
Average. 
140 
165 
270 
By combining the measurements given in the foregoing table the 
following average measurements are established for the various mark¬ 
ing strata above the Pittsburg coal in Mount Pleasant Township: 
Average distance between marking strata and base of Pittsburg coal, Mount 
Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania. 
Feet. 
Pittsburg coal to Dinsmore limestone_140 
Pittsburg coal to Bulger limestone_ 165 
Pittsburg coal to Waynesburg coal_ 270 
Pittsburg coal to Waynesburg “ A ” coal_307 
Pittsburg coal to Waynesburg “ B ” coal_326 
Pittsburg coal to Washington coal_ 378 
Subsurface stratigraphy .—The information obtained regarding 
conditions below the surface is shown in the following tables, which 
are compiled from well records: 
Distance from base of Pittsburg coal to subsurface coals and sands, Mount 
Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania. 
Well 
No. 
630 
649 
661 
612 
633 
796 
657 
702 
Farm. 
Eleva¬ 
tion of 
Pittsburg 
coal. 
Distance to— 
Coals. 
Salt sand. 
Big Injun sand. 
Hundred- 
Top. 
Bottom. 
Top. 
Bottom. 
foot sand. 
D. C. Miller. 
Joseph Lvle. 
Parkinson . 
Feet. 
885 
895 
1,015 
980 
1,005 
863 
920 
' 865 
Feet. 
668 
660 
517-637 
Feet. 
873 
934 
Feet. 
992 
Feet. 
1,083 
1,038 
1,116 
1,060 
Feet. 
1,218 
1,216 
1,222 
1,264 
Feet. 
1,747 
1,750 
1,760 
1,793 
1,800 
1,802 
1,810 
1,825 
James V. Rea. 
Mrs John Gowden. 
918 
863 
960 
1,008 
Rankin heirs. 
MpOnipan _ . 
1,035 
1,107 
1,287 
Krackemer. 
675 
775 
980 
1,280 
3496—Bull. 318—07-9 
