Analyses and description of geochemical samples, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Grant, Randolph, and Tucker Counties, West Virginia

Abstract

Semiquantitative emission spectrographic analyses for 64 elements on 69 stream sediment samples and for 30 elements on 14 soil and 86 rock samples from • Dolly Sods Wilderness and vicinity, Grant, Randolph and Tucker Counties, West Virginia, are reported here in detail. Locations for all samples are given in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. Brief descriptions of rock samples are also included. Rocks analysed are sandstone and shale. No obviously anomalous values related to mineralized rock of economic importance are present in the data. Rock descriptions Devonian System Ridgeley Sandstone Chip sample, 30 em, conglomerate, quartzose, fine to medium pebbles, light gray, calcite and silica cement, scattered black phosphatic grains. Road cut on West Virginia Route 28, 5 km north of Mouth of Seneca. 9.6 m below top of formation. Chip sample, 15 em, sandstone, light gray, calcite cement, coarse to very coarse grained, fine pebbles of black phosphatic material. Same location as WVD 079. 5.7 km below top of formation. Chip sample, 2 m, sandstone, light gray, medium grained, calcite cement. Same location as WVD 079. 7 m below top of formation. Chip sample, 1.5 m, sandstone, medium-grained, calcite cement, fine pebble-sized black phosphatic nodules. Same location as WVD 079. 11.6 m below top of formation. Hampshire Formation Chip sample, 2 m, sandstone, grayish red. Chip sample, 3 m, sandstone, yellowish green, minor plant fragments.