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Geologic Unit: Elkmont
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Elkmont sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
    • Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Publication:

King, P.B., Hadley, J.B., Neuman, R.B., and Hamilton, Warren, 1958, Stratigraphy of the Ocoee series, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee and North Carolina: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, no. 8, p. 947-966.


Summary:

Named as a formation in Great Smoky group of Ocoee series. Named for town of Elkmont, Sevier Co., eastern TN, 5 mi southwest of Gatlinburg, TN. Type locality is along Little River from TN Hwy 73 southeastward past Elkmont to base of Thunderhead Mountain. Beds are repeated by faulting in this area. Occurs in eastern TN and western NC, south of and above the Greenbrier fault. Also crops out on lower spurs of Great Smoky Mountains from Greenbrier Pinnacle on the east, westward past type locality, and beyond Cades Cove, TN. Consists of feldspathic sandstone. Contains numerous silty and argillaceous layers. Graded bedding present in places. Blue quartz occurs in upper 2,000 ft. Thickness ranges from 5,000 ft near Elkmont to 9,000 ft south of Cades Cove. Intertongues laterally with overlying Thunderhead sandstone; overlies Greenbrier fault. Report includes correlation chart and geologic map. Age is later Precambrian.

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


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

Hardeman, W.D., Miller, R.A., and Swingle, G.D., 1966, Geologic map of Tennessee: Tennessee Division of Geology Geologic Map, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Used as Elkmont Sandstone of Great Smoky Group in Unaka Mountains. Age is Precambrian.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Elkmont Sandstone*
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hadley, J.B., and Nelson, A.E., 1971, Geologic map of the Knoxville quadrangle, North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-654, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_9432.htm]


Summary:

Included in Great Smoky Group of Ocoee Series. Mapped in Blue Ridge belt southeast of Greenbrier-Devils Fork fault in Blount and Sevier Cos., eastern TN. Consists of feldspathic and argillaceous, medium- to thick-bedded metasandstone and metasiltstone with minor quartz-feldspar pebble conglomerate; commonly in graded beds. Age is late Precambrian.

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


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