Courtesy of the West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey, this geologic map represents the strata in West Virginia. The youngest rock, the Permian, lies in the northwest; the oldest, the Precambrian mounts the Blue Ridge at the easternmost tip of the Eastern Panhandle.
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