Usage:
Council Sandstone Member of Norton Formation (VA*)
Council Sandstone Member of New River Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposure in bluff and roadcut of VA Highway 80 directly beneath Council Elementary School. Named from town of Council in north-central Big A Mountain quadrangle, Buchanan Co., southwestern VA (Miller and Meissner, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
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