Gatesburg Formation

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| name = Gatesburg Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Cambrian

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| namedfor = Exposures on Gatesburg Ridge, Centre County, Pennsylvania

| namedby = C. Butts, 1918Butts, Charles, 1918, Geologic section of Blair and Huntingdon Counties, central Pennsylvania: American Journal of Science, 4th series, v. 46, p. 523-537.

| region = Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio

| country = United States

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| subunits = Mines Dolomite,National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Mines_2792.html Mines] Ore Hill,National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/OreHill_3121.html Ore Hill] StacyNational Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Stacy_3946.html Stacy]

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| overlies = Warrior Formation

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The Gatesburg Formation is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania.National Geologic Map Database, Geolex — Unit Summary, [https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/Units/Gatesburg_1772.html Gatesburg] It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

The formation is described by Berg and others as gray dolomite, limestone, and sandstone.Berg, T.M. (compiler), 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey State Map, 4th series, 1, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140524011640/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/publications/pgspub/map/map1/index.htm]