- Kittatinny Formation
The
Paleozoic pagename or Kittatinny Limestone is adolomitic limestone geological formation inNew Jersey . The Kittatiny Limestones are located primarily within the long valley running fromPicatinny Arsenal in Rockaway Township, southwest toward Chester Township. It overlies the Cambrian ageHardyston Quartzite .cite web |url=http://franklin-sterlinghill.com/dunn/ch08/major_formations.stm |title=MAJOR FORMATIONS Chapter 8. Regional and local geology of the Franklin-Sterling Hill area |format= |work= Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: the world’s most magnificent mineral deposits | first = Pete J. | last = Dunn | year = 1995 |accessdate=2008-08-17]The Kittatinny Limestone locally contains hydrocarbons and numerous accessory minerals including
fluorite ,sphalerite ,arsenopyrite ,galena ,quartz ,albite , and others. The Kittatiny is an exception to the general rule that Paleozoic rocks in this area are generally pooraquifers , since wells drilled into it produce relatively large flows of water.cite web|url =http://www.epa.gov/region02/water/aquifer/burval/buryval.htm|title = Buried Valley Aquifer System : Support Document : Western Essex and Southeastern Morris Counties New Jersey| date = 1980-04|publisher =United States Environmental Protection Agency ]References
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