Usage:
Moccasin Formation (TN*,VA*,WV*)
Moccasin Formation of Chickamauga Group (TN)
Moccasin Limestone (OH,TN*,VA*,WV*)
Moccasin Limestone of Chickamauga Group (GA)
Moccasin Limestone of Trenton Group (WV)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Deicke K-bentonite Bed (TN,VA,WV), Millbrig K-bentonite Bed (TN,VA,WV), Walker Mountain Sandstone Member (VA).
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from occurrence on Moccasin Creek, Scott Co., western VA (Campbell, 1894).
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 ([ ]).