Price Formation

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Price Formation
Stratigraphic range: Famennian- Tournaisian[1]
Semi-anthracite coal (Merrimac Coal, Lower Mississippian; Cloyds Mountain roadcut, Valley Coalfield, Virginia, USA) 9 (30196240080).jpg
Outcrop of Merrimac Coal, Price Formation; , Virginia
TypeFormation
Sub-units,
UnderliesMaccrady Formation and Greenbrier Group
OverliesHampshire Group and Sunbury Shale
Lithology
Primaryshale, siltstone
Othercoal
Location
RegionVirginia and West Virginia
CountryUnited States

The Price Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

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