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- Woodway limestone*
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- Limestone
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Woodway limestone for Woodway, Lee Co., VA. Consists of cryptocrystalline tan and gray limestone with interbeds and zones of medium-crystalline limestone; contains prominent zone of STROMATOCERIUM RUGOSUM at base. Thickness is 256 to 288 feet. Unit overlies the Hurricane Bridge limestone and underlies the Ben Hur limestone. The Woodway is of Middle Ordovician age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Woodway limestone*
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- Principal reference
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
The type section of the Woodway limestone is designated as on the north slopes of Elk Knob, 1-3/4 miles east of Woodway, Lee Co., southwestern VA.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Woodway Limestone*
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- Areal extent
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Geographically extended the Woodway Limestone to eastern TN. Lower 100 feet consists of interbedded light olive gray calcilutite and olive gray calcarenite in 3 inch wavy beds; upper part is mainly olive gray calcilutite with some olive gray calcarenite in bed 2 to 3 inches thick. Olive black chert nodules occur in lower part and near top. Thickness is 300 feet. Unit overlies the Hurricane Bridge Limestone and underlies the Ben Hur Limestone. The Woodway is of Middle Ordovician age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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- Woodway Limestone*
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- Revised
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Revised the Woodway Limestone to be included within the Chickamauga Group in eastern TN as the sixth (ascending) formation. The lower third of the formation consists os interbedded light olive gray calcilutite in thin even beds and olive gray to olive black calcarenite in thin wavy beds; the upper part is olive gray calcilutite with some interbedded olive gray calcarenite. Sparse olive black chert occurs in lower and upper parts. The Woodway is of Middle Ordovician age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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