Usage:
Cow Branch Formation of Dan River Group (NC*,VA)
Cow Branch Formation of Newark Supergroup (VA)
Geologic age:
Triassic*
Carnian, middle*
Carnian, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures on State Road 856, 0.2 mi (0.32 km) south of State Road 622 and 0.2 mi (0.32 km) north of the VA State line, Pittsylvania Co., VA. Named from Cow Branch, a small tributary of Cascade Creek near Leakesville Junction. (Meyertons, 1963).
Reference sections (Thayer, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Piedmont-Blue Ridge province*
Dan River-Danville basin*
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 ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).