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- Usage in publication:
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- Caryville sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
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).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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