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  • Usage in publication:
    • Caryville sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wilson, C.W., Jr., Jewell, J.W., and Luther, E.T., 1956, Pennsylvanian geology of the Cumberland Plateau: Tennessee Division of Geology Geologic Folio, 21 p.


Summary:

Pg. 11, 19, pls. 2, 3, 4. Caryville sandstone of Redoak Mountain group. Thickness 60 feet near Caryville; 10 feet in Cross Mountain section; 20 feet in Walnut Mountain section. Overlies a shale unit 80 to 190 feet thick at base of group; separated from overlying Fodderstack sandstone (new) by a shale interval 50 to 150 feet thick. Age is Early Pennsylvanian (Pottsville).
Named from exposures in section above Caryville, Jacksboro quadrangle, Campbell Co., eastern TN. A northwest-southeast belt of massive Caryville crosses Windrock, Duncan Flats, Fork Mountain, Block, and Jacksboro quadrangle.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 654).


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