- Usage in publication:
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- Greasy Cove formation*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- Shale
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Greasy Cove formation for Greasy Cove, Blount Co., eastern TN. Consists of gray argillaceous limestone (40 percent), red shale and fine-grained sandstone (10 percent), gray shale and siltstone (25 percent), and gray fine-grained sandstone (25 percent), all interbedded. Thickness is at least 400 feet, top faulted. Overlies the Grainger formation. Name replaces Newman limestone. The Greasy Cove is of Late Mississippian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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