Pocahontas Formation
# Pocahontas Formation

The Pocahontas Formation is a coal-bearing geologic formation in West Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

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The Pocahontas Formation contains sandstone, shale, and some coal.

It is overlain by the New River Formation, and is exposed in the New River Gorge.

