Usage:
Cascade Station Member of Leakesville Formation (VA)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures on State Road 856, 0.25 mi (0.4 km) south of State Road 222, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Named from Cascade Station on the Carolina and Northwestern RR, northwest of Leakesville Junction, south-central VA (Meyertons, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province
Dan River-Danville basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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