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37—LITHOLOGIC PATTERNS
[Lithologic patterns are usually reserved for use on stratigraphic columns, sections, or charts]
37.1—Sedimentary-rock lithologic patterns

601 602 603 605 606 607 608

Gravel or Gravel or Crossbedded gravel Breccia (1st option) Breccia (2nd option) Massive sand or Bedded sand or
conglomerate conglomerate or conglomerate sandstone sandstone
(1st option) (2nd option)

609 610 611 612 613 614 616

Crossbedded sand Crossbedded sand Ripple-bedded sand Argillaceous or Calcareous Dolomitic Silt, siltstone,
or sandstone or sandstone or sandstone shaly sandstone sandstone sandstone or shaly silt
(1st option) (2nd option)

617 618 619 620 621 622 623

Calcareous Dolomitic Sandy or silty Clay or clay Cherty shale Dolomitic shale Calcareous shale
siltstone siltstone shale shale or marl

624 625 626 627 628 629 630

Carbonaceous Oil shale Chalk Limestone Clastic Fossiliferous clastic Nodular or irregularly
shale limestone limestone bedded limestone

631 632 633 634 635 636 637

Limestone, irregular Crossbedded Cherty crossbedded Cherty and sandy Oolitic Sandy limestone Silty limestone
(burrow?) fillings of limestone limestone crossbedded limestone
saccharoidal dolomite clastic limestone

638 639 640 641 642 643 644

Argillaceous or Cherty limestone Cherty limestone Dolomitic limestone, Dolostone or Crossbedded Oolitic dolostone
shaly limestone (1st option) (2nd option) limy dolostone, or dolomite dolostone or or dolomite
limy dolomite dolomite

*For more information, see general guidelines on pages A-i to A-v.

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37—LITHOLOGIC PATTERNS (continued)

[Lithologic patterns are usually reserved for use on stratigraphic columns, sections, or charts]
37.1—Sedimentary-rock lithologic patterns (continued)

645 646 647 648 649 650 651

Sandy dolostone Silty dolostone Argillaceous or Cherty dolostone Bedded chert Bedded chert Fossiliferous
or dolomite or dolomite shaly dolostone or dolomite (1st option) (2nd option) bedded chert
or dolomite

652 653 654 655 656 657 658

Fossiliferous rock Diatomaceous Subgraywacke Crossbedded Ripple-bedded Peat Coal
rock subgraywacke subgraywacke

659 660 661 662 663 664 665

Bony coal or Underclay Flint clay Bentonite Glauconite Limonite Siderite
impure coal

666 667 668 669 670 671 672

Phosphatic-nodular Gypsum Salt Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded ripple- Interbedded shale
rock sandstone and sandstone and bedded sandstone and silty limestone
siltstone shale and shale (shale dominant)

673 674 675 676 677 678 679

Interbedded shale Interbedded shale Interbedded calc- Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded Interbedded
and limestone and limestone areous shale and silty limestone limestone and limestone and limestone and shale
(shale dominant) (shale dominant) limestone (shale and shale shale (1st option) shale (2nd option) (limestone dominant)
(1st option) (2nd option) dominant)

680 681 682 683 684 685 686

Interbedded Till or diamicton Till or diamicton Till or diamicton Loess (1st option) Loess (2nd option) Loess (3rd option)
limestone and (1st option) (2nd option) (3rd option)
calcareous shale

*For more information, see general guidelines on pages A-i to A-v.

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37—LITHOLOGIC PATTERNS (continued)

[Lithologic patterns are usually reserved for use on stratigraphic columns, sections, or charts]
37.2—Metamorphic-rock, igneous-rock, and vein-matter lithologic patterns

701 702 703 704 705 706

Metamorphism Quartzite Slate Schistose or Schist Contorted schist
gneissoid granite

707 708 709 710

Schist and gneiss Gneiss Contorted gneiss Soapstone, talc,
or serpentinite

711 712 713 714 715 716

Tuffaceous rock Crystal tuff Devitrified Volcanic breccia Volcanic breccia Zeolitic rock
tuff and tuff or agglomerate

717 718 719 720 721 722

Basaltic flows Granite (1st option) Granite (2nd option) Banded Igneous rock Igneous rock
igneous rock (1st option) (2nd option)

723 724 725 726 727 728

Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock Igneous rock
(3rd option) (4th option) (5th option) (6th option) (7th option) (8th option)

729 730 731 732 733

Porphyritic rock Porphyritic rock Vitrophyre Quartz Ore
(1st option) (2nd option)

*For more information, see general guidelines on pages A-i to A-v.

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