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  • Usage in publication:
    • La Follette Member
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Stearns, R.G., 1963, Monteagle Limestone, Hartselle Formation, and Bangor Limestone; a new Mississippian nomenclature for use in Middle Tennessee, with a history of its development: Tennessee Division of Geology Information Circular, no. 11, p. 3-8.


Summary:

Described only as a green-gray shale, 7 ft thick, in upper part of Monteagle Limestone. Shown in measured section of Monteagle at its type section in Marion Co., central TN, but not discussed in text. Mississippian.

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


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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