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Warrior Formation

Warrior Formation
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
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.



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