Antietam Formation Stratigraphic range: Cambrian |
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![]() Anticline in schist of Antietam Formation
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Chilhowee Group |
Underlies | Tomstown Dolomite |
Overlies | Harpers Formation |
Thickness | 550 ft |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, quartzite |
Other | Schist |
Location | |
Region | West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Antietam Creek |
The Antietam Formation or Antietam Sandstone is a geologic formation in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. It is largely quartz sandstone with some quartzite and quartz schist. It preserves Skolithos trace fossils dating back to the Cambrian Period.