Rock Type: Gray shale
Formation: Allegheny
Interval: 5-Block seam
Age: Middle Pennsylvanian Period, approx. 303 million years.
Location: Wayne County, West Virginia; Rollem
Fork Surface Mine #2, located about 8.5 miles west of Atenville, West
Virginia. Take Route 68 west for 3 miles, turn left on Route 68 / 1 (Francis
Creek Road) and drive approximately 6 miles. Just before Frances Creek empties
into Kiah Creek a dirt road branches off to the right up a small hill. Site
is 1 mile up this dirt road on the right.
