Cuba Sandstone (New York)

Cuba Sandstone
Cuba Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Famennian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Canadaway or Bradford Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Region	New York, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Type section
Named for	Cuba, New York

The Cuba Sandstone is a member of Canadaway Group found in central New York (State). The Cuba is a lenticular (geology) regional formation. It is believed be a small delta formed in the Devonian.^[1] This unit is approximately 10 to 15 feet thick.

Description

The Cuba is described as a slightly arkosic, cream colored sandstone. Grain sizes tend to be medium to course. It has been noted to smell strongly of petroleum.^[2]

Fossils

Spirifer disjunctus
S. mesacostalis
Athyris angelica
Camarotoechia contracta
Orthis (Schizophoria) impressa
Orthothetes chemungensis C
Productella lachrymosa
Schizodus rhombeus
Grammysia communis^[2]

References

^ Sevon, W.D. (1992). "GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER ALLEGHENY RIVER REGION IN WARREN COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA" (PDF). Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b Glenn, L.C. (1903). "Devonic and Carbonic formations of southwestern New York" (PDF). New York State Museum Bulletin. 69: 967:71 – via Wiki Commons.

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[1] Sevon, W.D. (1992). "GEOLOGY OF THE UPPER ALLEGHENY RIVER REGION IN WARREN COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA" (PDF). Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

[:0-2] Glenn, L.C. (1903). "Devonic and Carbonic formations of southwestern New York" (PDF). New York State Museum Bulletin. 69: 967:71 – via Wiki Commons.

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