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  • Usage in publication:
    • Blacksnake (Cawood) sandstone
    • Blacksnake(?) sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Ashley, G.H., and Glenn, L.C., 1906, Cumberland Gap coal field, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 49, 239 p. [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp49]


Summary:

Pg. 80 and pl. 16. [Blacksnake (Cawood) sandstone on pl. 16; Blacksnake(?) sandstone on p. 80. All of definition.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 207).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Blacksnake sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1930, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1901-1930) on Paleozoic rocks of the Appalachians], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

Blacksnake sandstone member of Hance formation. Recognized in Cumberland Gap district, southeastern Kentucky. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 207).


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

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