- Usage in publication:
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- Rye Cove limestone
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Rye Cove limestone for Rye Cove, Scott Co., southwestern VA. Consists of dark, fine- to medium-grained cherty limestone and gray calcilutite. Thickness is 200 to 220 feet. Unit overlies the Lincolnshire limestone and underlies the Rockdell limestone; it correlates with the Elway and Five Oaks limestones. The Rye Cove is of Middle Ordovician age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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