Morgantown Sandstone
From "West Virginia Geological Survey" 1906
Page 124
THE MORGANTOWN SANDSTONE
The Morgantown sandstone, so named by Dr J.J. Stevenson from its fine exposures near that city, is one of the well marked sandstones of this series. It is found, according to Dr I.C. White through Monongalia, Marion, Tyler, Preston, Barbour, Upshur, Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Mason, Cabell and Wayne counties. It is well exposed along the OHIO RIVER in the region of Huntington, where it makes cliffs fifty to sixty feel high along the hills back from the rive valley. It is also conspicuous in cliffs along the Guyandotte, Mud, and Coal rivers, as well as along the Great Kanawha, where it has been frequently quarried and used in building the locks below Charleston. This sandstone is thus seen to have a wide distribution in the state and preserves its massive character.
IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE area in BROOKE and HANCOCK counties, the Morgantown sandstone is a well marked stratum with an average thickness of 20 to 30 feel. It is a coarse grained sandstone of bluish gray color on fresh fracture, but weathers to a yellow or buff color. It is exposed near Wheeling Junction, Middle Ferry, Wells, Colliers, Short Creek, Wilson and further north on North Fork Kings Creek and Lick run.
IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE area in BROOKE and HANCOCK counties, the Morgantown sandstone is a well marked stratum with an average thickness of 20 to 30 feel. It is a coarse grained sandstone of bluish gray color on fresh fracture, but weathers to a yellow or buff color. It is exposed near Wheeling Junction, Middle Ferry, Wells, Colliers, Short Creek, Wilson and further north on North Fork Kings Creek and Lick run.
