Usage:
Catheys Formation (AL*,GA*,KY*,VA*)
Catheys Formation of Nashville Group (GA*,TN*)
Catheys Limestone (AL*,VA*)
Catheys Limestone of Nashville Group (TN*)
Catheys Member of Nashville Formation of Chickamauga Group (GA)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Mohawkian to Cincinnatian; Shermanian to Edenian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type sections: near intersection of Dry Fork and Catheys Creek, 1 mi west of Isom, Maury Co., and on spur overlooking Catheys Creek, 0.25 mi southeast of Taylorsville and 2 mi east of Isom (Wilson, 1949).
Named from Catheys Creek, Lewis and Maury Cos., TN (Hayes and Ulrich, 1903).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
Cincinnati arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
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