Calvert Formation

Tc
#F27289
Geologic Time Period
lower to middle Miocene

Coastal Plain - Primarily Subsurface Unit

The following description was published in GM14 Geologic Map of Kent County, Delaware, Ramsey, K.W., 2007:

Gray to grayish-brown, clayey silt to silty clay interbedded with gray to light-gray silty to fine to coarse quartz sands. Discontinuous beds of shell are common in the sands and in the clayey silts. Found in the subsurface throughout Kent County. Interpreted to be a marine deposit. Rarely the surficial unit on the uplands in northwestern Kent County where the Columbia or Beaverdam Formations are absent. Outcrops are patchy and are too small to be shown on this map. Three major aquifers are found within the Calvert Formation in Kent County: the Frederica, Federalsburg, and Cheswold, from top to bottom, respectively (McLaughlin and Velez, 2006). Ranges up to 425 feet thick.



The following description was published in GM13 Geologic Map of New Castle County, Delaware, Ramsey, K.W., 2005:

Gray to grayish-brown clayey silt to silty clay interbedded with gray to light-gray silty to fine to coarse quartz sands. Discontinuous beds of shell are common in the sands and in the clayey silts. The unit ranges up to 100 ft in thickness.

Reference(s)

McLaughlin, P.P., and Velez, C.C., 2006, <a href="/publications/ri72-geology-and-extent-confined-aquifers-kent-county-delaware">Geology and extent of the confined aquifers of Kent County, Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 72</a>, 40 p.