- Usage in publication:
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- Stagg Creek Member*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- Conglomerate
- Siltstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
- Taylorsville basin
Summary:
The lower member of the Doswell Formation is here named the Stagg Creek Member, for Stagg Creek, a tributary of the South Anna River, Hanover Co., VA. It consists of massive sandstone and conglomerate with minor siltstone. It nonconformably overlies Mississippian Petersburg Granite and conformably underlies the Falling Creek Member of the Doswell. Thickness is 600 ft (180 m) at type section. Age is Late Triassic (middle Carnian) based on palynomorphs.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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