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  • Usage in publication:
    • Sneedville limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Safford, J.M., 1856, A geological reconnaissance of the State of Tennessee; being the author's first biennial report: Tennessee Geological Survey Biennial Report, v. 1, 164 p.


Summary:

Named for Sneedville, Hancock Co., northeastern TN. Consists of a band of gray limestone in eastern TN; contains fine sandstones and iron ore. Thickness is 100 to 200 ft. Overlies variegated shales. Lies lower than Carboniferous or Devonian black slate. Assigned to Devonian.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sneedville limestone†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wilmarth, M.G., 1930, [Selected Geologic Names Committee remarks (ca. 1901-1930) on Paleozoic rocks of the Appalachians], IN Wilmarth, M.G., 1938, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including Alaska): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 896, pts. 1-2, 2396 p.


Summary:

Replaced by Hancock limestone, later but better-established name, under which it has been mapped over large areas. Is of upper Cayuga age.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 2018).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sneedville Limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
    • Age modified
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Hardeman, W.D., Miller, R.A., and Swingle, G.D., 1966, Geologic map of Tennessee: Tennessee Division of Geology Geologic Map, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000


Summary:

Silurian and Devonian Sneedville Limestone mapped in eastern TN. Consists of gray silty limestone and dolomite, minor shale, and fine-grained, greenish-gray sandstone. Fossils locally abundant. Thickness is 100 to 300 ft.

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


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