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The Precambrian in West Virginia, US

See exposures in this state from the:

		Quaternary
		Tertiary
		Cretaceous
		Jurassic
		Triassic
		Permian
		Carboniferous
		Devonian
		Silurian
		Ordovician
		Cambrian
		Precambrian

Precambrian Fossils

Paleontology and geology

There are no surface exposures of Precambrian rocks in West Virginia. Subsurface rocks of this age are entirely igneous and metamorphic and are associated with Late Precambrian mountain-building events.