 Solomon Creek is located at the edge of the ridge and valley geographic province , in the Anthracite Valley section . There is a ridge in the creek 's watershed called the Wilkes @-@ Barre Mountain . On the ridge , the Mauch Chunk Formation exists , with red shale , sandstone , and siltstone . Other significant rock formations in the watershed include the Pocono Formation with olive and gray rocks and the Spechty Kopf formation . Under the Spechty Kopf formation lie rocks of the Catskill Formation . The watershed is located in the Wyoming Coal Basin , the southwestern sub @-@ basin of the Northern Anthracite Coal Field . The creek 's headwaters have glacial deposition from the Wisconsonian glacial period . At the headwaters of the tributary Spring Creek , there is a rock formation of light gray conglomerate called Prospect Rock . It is 1 @,@ 394 feet ( 425 m ) above sea level and 2 @.@ 25 miles ( 3 @.@ 62 km ) southeast of Wilkes @-@ Barre 's Public Square . 
