Rhinestreet Formation
| Rhinestreet Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Devonian Frasnian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | West Falls Group |
| Sub-units | Belpre Ash Bed |
| Underlies | Angola Formation |
| Overlies | Cashaqua Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Black Shale |
| Other | Shale, Oil Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Exposures along Rhinestreet north from Naples, Ontario Co., NY. |
| Named by | Clarke (1903) |
The Rhinestreet Shale is a geologic formation in the Appalachian Basin. It dates back to the Devonian period. The Rhinestreet is an organic or Black Shale found on from the approximately the middle of the Appalachian Basin. Near the Middle of Ohio and Kentucky it reaches the surface on the flank of Cincinnati and Findlay Arches.