- Usage in publication:
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- Marcum Hollow Sandstone Member*
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 28-29, 59-61. Marcum Hollow Sandstone Member of Wise Formation. Cliff-forming, medium-grained, massive, locally cross-bedded, moderately quartzose sandstone. Thickness 44 to about 120 feet. Lies above or directly on the Taggart (also called Darby, No. 5, and Keokee) coal, and 60 feet above Clover Fork Sandstone Member (new). Underlies Rockhouse Valley Sandstone Member [see Miller and Roen, 1973, USGS GQ-1098]; all in Wise Formation. [Age is Middle Pennsylvanian].
Type section: along VA Highway 624, between Keokee, Lee Co., VA, and Morris Gap at crest of Little Black Mountain, VA-KY State line, beginning at gentle curve, 1,000 ft north-northwest of junction of VA Highways 606 and 624 in north part of town of Keokee, and ending at top of Little Black Mountain on dirt road, 200 ft west of Morris Gap, Lee Co., southwestern VA. Named for Marcum Hollow, just north of town of Keokee, Keokee 7.5-min quadrangle, Lee Co., southwestern VA.
Source: Publication; GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX); US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1520, p. 194).
- Usage in publication:
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- Marcum Hollow Sandstone Member*
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Marcum Hollow Sandstone Formation of Wise Formation is used only in VA. Wise Formation not used in KY.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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