Usage:
Cannelton limestone (informal) in Kanawha Formation (WV)
Cannelton limestone (informal) in Wise Formation (VA)
Called Stockton cement bed or Stockton limestone in early reports.
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Once burned for cement at Cannelton, Kanawha Co., southern WV, by Mr. Stockton (White, 1885).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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