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Geologic Unit: Alvy Creek

Usage:

/Alvy Creek formation (informal) of Breathitt Group (KY)
(†Alvy Creek not used by the VA Geol. Survey; type locality in VA. Rocks incl. in Lee Formation. See Lee.)

Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized. [Term "Formation" is applied to formal nomenclature (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]


Subunits:

/FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --all in KY: Coal Cliff member (informal), Hensley Member.


Geologic age:

Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian A; Morrowan)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Type locality: exposures near Alvy Creek, Big A Mountain quadrangle, VA (Chesnut, 1992).


AAPG geologic province:

Appalachian basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).