The Ordovician Juniata Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Maryland. It is a relative slope-former occurring between the two prominent ridge-for
Outcrop on U.S. Route 522 at Blacklog Narrows southeast of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania.
Conformable contact of overlying Tuscarora Formation (white rock, left) with underlying Juniata Formation (red rock, right) at the Narrows along rt. 30 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Sample from roadcut on U.S. Route 322 near State College, Pennsylvania, showing slickensides
The Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in central Pennsylvania, USA. It is a ridge-forming unit in the Appalachian Mountains.
Juniata Formation
…Tennessee, and Maryland. It is a relative slope-former occurring between the two prominent ridge-forming sandstone units: the Tuscarora Formation and the Bald Eagle Formation in the Appalachian Mountains. The Juniata is defined as a grayish-red to greenish-gray, thin- to thick-bedded siltstone, shale, and very fine to…
Outcrop of Bald Eagle Formation, where Rt. 164 crosses Tussey Mountain, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Close-up of outcrop of Bald Eagle Formation, where Rt. 164 crosses Tussey Mountain, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Note prominent crossbedding and lens cap for scale.
Pyrite in the Bald Eagle Formation, from the Skytop Roadcut where I-99 crosses Bald Eagle Mountain, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Scale bar is 1 cm.
Natural outcrop of the Bald Eagle Formation visible from U.S. Route 522 west of Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania