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  • Usage in publication:
    • Pressmens Home Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Siltstone
    • Sandstone
    • Limestone
    • Dolostone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Brent, W.B., 1982, Mississippian stratigraphy of Greendale and Newman Ridge synclines and Middle Ordovician nomenclature in upper east Tennessee: Tennessee Division of Geology Report of Investigations, no. 41, 37 p.


Summary:

The Pressmens Home Formation, informally named by Sanders (1952), is here named in the Greendale syncline in Hawkins and Grainger Cos., TN, where Mississippian strata previously named Newman Limestone by Hardeman and others (1966), are isolated from the Newman Limestone in the Newman Ridge syncline. The Pressmens Home consists of siltstone, sandstone, limestone, and dolostone which grade from one to another both horizontally and vertically. Overlies the Maccrady Formation; underlies the Laurel Branch Limestone. Correlates with the Little Valley Formation of Averitt (1941). Thickness is 44.6 m at type section. Age is Mississippian.

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


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