Usage:
No current usage.
(†Eastland Shale Lentil of Bon Air Sandstone (TN), †Eastland Member of Lee Formation (TN), †Eastland Shale (TN), or †Eastland Formation (TN) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian; Morrowan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from mining town of Eastland, 1 mi west of Clifty, White Co., central TN (Butts and Nelson, 1925).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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