Tuscarora Sandstone
The Silurian Tuscarora Formation — also known as Tuscarora Sandstone or Tuscarora Quartzite — is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, US.
| Tuscarora Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aeronian - Telychian | |
Outcrop of Tuscarora Formation in Thickhead Wild Area, Centre County, Pennsylvania | |
| Type | sedimentary |
| Sub-units | Castanea Member |
| Underlies | Clinton Group and Rose Hill Formation |
| Overlies | Juniata Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | quartzarenite (sandstone) |
| Other | conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Appalachian Mountains |
| Extent | Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tuscarora Mountain |
| Named by | Darton and Taff |
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