Passaic Formation from the Newark rift basin. Measured section and representative photo of basin-margin facies of part of the Perkasie Member of the Passaic Formation. Lake-high-stand deposits consist of black shale. From Olsen et al. (2018).
Passaic Formation from the Newark rift basin

 

Contact between Passaic Formation and Orange Mountain Basalt. Uppermost all-red Passaic Formation (with white-colored bedding-parallel veins of sulfate minerals) from Martinsville core. Left row of leftmost core box contains contact with overlying Orange Mountain Basalt (gray). Photo of contact present in quarry in West Paterson, NJ. Photos by R.W. Schlische.

Contact between Passaic Formation and Orange Mountain Basalt