Usage:
Drowning Creek Formation of Crab Orchard Group (KY*,OH*)
Drowning Creek Formation (WV*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Brassfield Member (KY*,OH*,WV*), Dayton Dolomite Member (KY*,OH*,WV*), Oldham Member (KY*), Plum Creek Shale Member (KY*).
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures along KY Highway 52, east of Drowning Creek, near Winston, Panola quadrangle, Estill Co., KY.
Reference section: Along KY Highway 10, lower part southwest of Cabin Creek and upper part northeast of Cabin Creek, Tollesboro quadrangle, Lewis Co., KY (McDowell, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).