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  • Usage in publication:
    • Council Sandstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Miller, R.L., and Meissner, C.R., Jr., 1977, Geologic map of the Big A Mountain quadrangle, Buchanan and Russell Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1350, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_10885.htm]


Summary:

Named as a member of Norton Formation. Named for town of Council, Buchanan Co., southwestern VA. Type locality is exposure in bluff and roadcut of VA Hwy 80 directly beneath Council Elementary School. Consists of light-gray, medium- to coarse-grained, conglomeratic, thick-bedded and cross-bedded sandstone. Thickness is 24 m, ranges from less than 1 m to 49 m. Wedges out in many places. Overlies Tiller coal bed; underlies Jawbone coal bed. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Council Sandstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Rice, C.L., Hiett, J.K., and Koozmin, E.D., 1994, Glossary of Pennsylvanian stratigraphic names, central Appalachian basin, IN Rice, C.L., ed., Elements of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, central Appalachian basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 294, p. 115-155.


Summary:

Council Sandstone Member is in lower part of Norton Formation and is locally extended into middle part of New River Formation in VA.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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