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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bald Rock conglomerate member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Conglomerate
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Eby, J.B., 1923, The geology and mineral resources of Wise County and the coal-bearing portion of Scott County, Virginia: Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 24, 617 p.


Summary:

Pg. 65. Bald Rock conglomerate member of Lee formation. Middle member of Lee formation in Wise County, southwestern Virginia. Thickness 15 to 200 feet; is 70 feet thick at Bald Rock. Underlies Starns coal and overlies Burton Ford coal. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Named from exposures at Bald Rock, in vicinity of Miller Yards, about 4 mi west of Dungannon, [Dungannon 7.5-min quadrangle, TVA 196-SW, 1935 ed., Scott Co.], southwestern VA.

Source: US geologic names lexicons (USGS Bull. 896, p. 105; USGS Bull. 1200, p. 203).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Bald Rock conglomerate member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wanless, H.R., 1946, Pennsylvanian geology of a part of the southern Appalachian coal field: Geological Society of America Memoir, 13, 162 p.


Summary:

Pg. 14. Bald Rock conglomerate member of Lee formation. Middle of three conglomerates in the type Lee; the Bee Rock at top and an unnamed zone at base. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 203).


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

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