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  • Usage in publication:
    • Vowell Mountain group
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
    • Coal
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Wilson, C.W., Jr., Jewell, J.W., and Luther, E.T., 1956, Pennsylvanian geology of the Cumberland Plateau: Tennessee Division of Geology Geologic Folio, 21 p.


Summary:

Pg. 1, 11, 19, pls. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. Vowell Mountain group. Includes all strata between top of Redoak Mountain group (new) below and base of Cross Mountain group (new) above that is between top of Pewee coal and top of Frozen Head sandstone. Thickness 230 to 390 feet. Includes (ascending) Split coal, Petree coal, Pilot Mountain sandstone, Lower Pine Bald coal, Upper Pine Bald coal, Rock Spring coal, and Frozen Head sandstone. Age is Early Pennsylvanian (Pottsville).
Type locality: Cross Mountain, Lake City quadrangle, Anderson Co., eastern TN. Named from Vowell Mountain, a spur on east side of Cross Mountain. Group is preserved only on higher mountains and, hence, has more restricted outcrop area than older groups.

Source: Publication; US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 4093).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Vowell Mountain Formation
  • Modifications:
    • [Revised]
    • Mapped
  • 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:

(East-central and East sheets.) Vowell Mountain Formation. Shale, sandstone, siltstone, and coal; from Frozen Head Sandstone Member to Pewee coal. Thickness 230 to 375 feet in east-central Tennessee; 300 to 375 feet in eastern Tennessee. Lies below Cross Mountain Formation and above Redoak Mountain Formation. Age is Pennsylvanian.
[The Vowell Mountain Group of Wilson and others (1956) is reduced to formation rank. Its constituent formations, the Frozen Head and Pilot Mountain (not incl. on State geol. map), are also reduced in rank to members.]

Source: Publication.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Vowell Mountain Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Siltstone
    • Shale
    • Coal
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Statler, A.T., and Sykes, C.R., 1970, Geologic map of the Duncan Flats quadrangle, Tennessee: Tennessee Division of Geology Geologic Quadrangle Map, GM-129-NE, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000


Summary:

Consists of clayey to sandy, light-brown to dark-gray shale with coal beds and minor intercalated sandstone and siltstone; and yellowish-gray to yellowish-brown, fine- to medium-grained, thin-to thick-bedded sandstone, cross-bedded in part. Sandstones are mostly lenticular. Thickness is 240 to 400 ft. Age is Middle Pennsylvanian.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Vowell Mountain Formation*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Rice, C.L., Hiett, J.K., and Koozmin, E.D., 1994, Glossary of Pennsylvanian stratigraphic names, central Appalachian basin, IN Rice, C.L., ed., Elements of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, central Appalachian basin: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 294, p. 115-155.


Summary:

Used as Vowell Mountain Formation in eastern TN. Includes all strata between top of Pewee coal and top of Frozen Head Sandstone Member. Also includes Pilot Mountain Sandstone Member. Lower part of Vowell Mountain includes part of strata previously assigned to Scott Formation or Shale (abandoned herein). Also includes strata previously assigned to Anderson or Bryson Formation (both abandoned herein).

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


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