List of mapped rock formations in Pennsylvania


The following is a list of the mapped bedrock units in Pennsylvania. The rocks are listed in stratigraphic order.
SystemGroup nameFormation nameMember nameMap symbol
TriassicNewark GroupPassaic FormationTrp
TriassicNewark GroupLockatong FormationTrl
TriassicNewark GroupStockton FormationTrs
PermianDunkard GroupGreene FormationPg
PermianDunkard GroupWashington FormationPw
PennsylvanianConemaugh GroupCassleman Formationφcc
PennsylvanianConemaugh GroupGlenshaw Formationφcg
PennsylvanianAllegheny Formationφa
PennsylvanianLlewellyn Formationφl
PennsylvanianPottsville Formationφp
MississippianMauch Chunk FormationMmc
MississippianPocono Formation
Mp
Mississippian/DevonianSpechty Kopf Formation
Mississippian/DevonianRockwell Formation
Mississippian/DevonianHuntley Mountain Formation
DevonianCatskill FormationDck
DevonianBrallier FormationDb
DevonianHarrell FormationDh
DevonianHamilton GroupMahantango FormationDmh
DevonianHamilton GroupMarcellus FormationDm
DevonianOnondaga FormationDo
DevonianOld Port FormationDop
DevonianOld Port FormationRidgeley MemberDr
Devonian/SilurianKeyser FormationDSk
SilurianTonoloway FormationSto
SilurianWills Creek FormationSwc
SilurianBloomsburg FormationSb
SilurianMifflintown FormationSm
SilurianClinton GroupKeefer FormationSk
SilurianClinton GroupRose Hill FormationSrh
SilurianTuscarora FormationSt
SilurianShawangunk FormationSs
OrdovicianJuniata FormationOj
OrdovicianBald Eagle FormationObe
OrdovicianReedsville FormationOr
OrdovicianMartinsburg FormationOm
OrdovicianTrenton GroupCoburn Formation
OrdovicianTrenton GroupSalona Formation
OrdovicianTrenton GroupNealmont Formation
OrdovicianBenner FormationOm
OrdovicianBellefonte FormationObf
OrdovicianAxeman FormationOa
OrdovicianNittany FormationOn
OrdovicianStonehenge/Larke FormationOsl
CambrianWarrior FormationCw
CambrianChickies FormationCch
Cambrian/EdiacaranWissahickon FormationCZw
Mesoproterozoic EraBaltimore GneissYbg

Note: Some of the Formations are laterally equivalent in age. They are listed in order from West to East in this case.