- Usage in publication:
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- Addington sandstone member*
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Addington sandstone member of Wise formation. Hard white sandstone, 20 to 40 feet thick, underlying Addington coal and resting on Clintwood coal or separated from it by few feet [0 to 20, according to A.W. Giles, Virginia Geol. Survey Bull., no. 26, 1925] of shale. Age is Pennsylvanian. Local unit of stratigraphic importance; present in Wise and Scott Counties, southwestern Virginia.
Named from Addington Station, 1.5 mi south of Glamorgan, Wise Co., southwestern VA.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 13); supplemental information from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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