Warrior Formation Stratigraphic range: Cambrian |
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Type | sedimentary |
Underlies | Gatesburg Formation |
Overlies | Pleasant Hill Formation |
Thickness | 250 ft at type sections, 1350 ft in Nittany Arch |
Lithology | |
Primary | limestone |
Other | shale, siltstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Region | Appalachian Basin |
Country | United States |
Extent | Bedford Co., Blair Co., Centre Co., Huntingdon Co. |
Type section | |
Named for | Warrior Run, Blair County |
Named by | C. Butts, 1918 |
The Cambrian Warrior Formation is a mapped limestone bedrock unit in Pennsylvania.
The Warrior Formation is described by Berg and others as gray, thin- to medium-bedded, fossiliferous, cyclic limestone bearing stromatolites, interbedded with shale, siltstone, and sandstone.
Relative age dating places the Warrior Formation in the middle to late Cambrian.